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geometry
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pymnts.comai48 days ago
OpenAI Chatbot Disproves Erdős Conjecture on Unit-Distance Problem
An OpenAI chatbot produced a counter-example to a 1946 geometry conjecture by Paul Erdős. Independent mathematicians verified the result, which the company announced on 20 May.
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Science Newsscience52 days ago
Math Puzzle Challenges Ant to Find Shortest Surface Paths on 3-D Shapes
A June 2026 math puzzle presents four problems involving an ant traveling across the surfaces of a cube, rectangular prism, cylinder, and cylindrical shell. Each problem asks for the shortest path length to reach food at an opposite corner or edge.