Shinichi Mochizuki may have solved a 27-year-old problem, but nobody can prove his proof. Getty Images The math world was shaken to its foundation in 2012 when Shinichi Mochizuki released a 500-page ...

A Japanese entrepreneur is offering to shell out $1 million (140 million yen) to anyone who can finally resolve a deadlock over a proof of a math brainteaser. Nobuo Kawakami, the founder of Dwango Co.

On the morning of October 7, the news that OpenAI had released 722 mathematical manuscripts featured headlines such as ...

The guy who created the term hypertext in 1963, Ted Nelson, thinks he has cracked the case, saying: "I feel a special kinship to him. I do not have his brains or his capabilities…but I know how it ...

A lesser known, yet uniquely compelling candidate for the real Satoshi Nakamoto is Japanese mathematician and number theorist Shinichi Mochizuki. With a long history of mathematical innovation, and ...