Peter Scholze wants to rebuild much of modern mathematics, starting from one of its cornerstones. Now, he has received validation for a proof at the heart of his quest from an unlikely source: a ...

Computers can translate French and prove mathematical theorems. But can they make deep conceptual insights into the way the world works? Read Later Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine. Paul Cézanne's ...

If no human can check a proof of a theorem, does it really count as mathematics? That’s the intriguing question raised by the latest computer-assisted proof. It is as large as the entire content of ...