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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

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On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem↗ openai.com · HN · 1137 comments · 1346 points · Sep 08, 2026
Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf]↗ cims.nyu.edu · HN · 827 comments · 2054 points · Sep 08, 2026
Terence Tao's ChatGPT conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture counterexample↗ chatgpt.com · HN · 637 comments · 1128 points · Jul 22, 2026
Claude Fable produced a counterexample to the Jacobian Conjecture↗ xcancel.com · HN · 514 comments · 803 points · Jul 20, 2026
An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry↗ openai.com · HN · 1055 comments · 1429 points · May 20, 2026
20251,993 stories
Project Euler↗ projecteuler.net · HN · 134 comments · 566 points · Nov 12, 2025
A visual introduction to big O notation↗ samwho.dev · HN · 193 comments · 691 points · Aug 24, 2025
Square Theory↗ aaronson.org · HN · 138 comments · 750 points · May 27, 2025
The Lost Art of Logarithms↗ lostartoflogarithms.com · HN · 195 comments · 570 points · Mar 13, 2025
Anime fans stumbled upon a mathematical proof↗ scientificamerican.com · HN · 232 comments · 513 points · Mar 06, 2025
20241,913 stories
Math is still catching up to the genius of Ramanujan↗ quantamagazine.org · HN · 414 comments · 826 points · Oct 21, 2024
AI solves International Math Olympiad problems at silver medal level↗ deepmind.google · HN · 525 comments · 1370 points · Jul 25, 2024
Computer scientists invent an efficient new way to count↗ quantamagazine.org · HN · 287 comments · 993 points · May 16, 2024
Hardest problem in computer science: centering things↗ tonsky.me · HN · 455 comments · 1419 points · Apr 17, 2024
Kagi and Wolfram↗ blog.kagi.com · HN · 332 comments · 810 points · Mar 05, 2024
20231,890 stories
Bourbaki dangerous bend symbol↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 60 comments · 129 points · Dec 29, 2023
Goodsteins theorem↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 51 comments · 83 points · Dec 23, 2023
Mathematical Intimidation: Driven by the data (2011) [pdf]↗ ams.org · HN · 2 comments · 64 points · Dec 23, 2023
Improving our safety with a physical quantities and units library↗ open-std.org · HN · 68 comments · 67 points · Dec 23, 2023
Mathematicians discover shape that can tile a wall and never repeat↗ newscientist.com · HN · 18 comments · 54 points · Mar 23, 2023
20221,790 stories
Monumental (if correct) advance in number theory posted to ArXiv by Yitang Zhang↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 417 comments · 1303 points · Nov 07, 2022
Turns are better than radians↗ computerenhance.com · HN · 472 comments · 699 points · Sep 26, 2022
Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size↗ scilogs.spektrum.de · HN · 608 comments · 750 points · Sep 05, 2022
So you want to study mathematics↗ susanrigetti.com · HN · 359 comments · 604 points · Mar 07, 2022
The Unreasonable Math of Type 1 Diabetes↗ maori.geek.nz · HN · 299 comments · 673 points · Feb 17, 2022
20211,839 stories
Conterintuitive facts in mathematics, CS, and physics↗ axisofordinary.substack.com · HN · 322 comments · 932 points · Oct 05, 2021
Math Problems for children from 5 to 15 (2004) [pdf]↗ imaginary.org · HN · 318 comments · 521 points · Jul 19, 2021
A Concrete Introduction to Probability (2018)↗ github.com · HN · 75 comments · 529 points · Jun 03, 2021
Back in 1993, I was taking a number theory class↗ twitter.com · HN · 214 comments · 722 points · May 03, 2021
New algorithm breaks speed limit for solving linear equations↗ quantamagazine.org · HN · 112 comments · 552 points · Mar 09, 2021
20202,272 stories
What Gödel Discovered↗ stopa.io · HN · 259 comments · 1000 points · Nov 16, 2020
A 2020 Vision of Linear Algebra↗ ocw.mit.edu · HN · 200 comments · 835 points · May 12, 2020
Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textbooks? (2017)↗ quora.com · HN · 661 comments · 734 points · Apr 22, 2020
An Intuitive Guide to Linear Algebra (2012)↗ betterexplained.com · HN · 102 comments · 709 points · Feb 25, 2020
Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner↗ neilwithdata.com · HN · 210 comments · 1232 points · Feb 23, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

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Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf]↗ cims.nyu.edu · HN · 827 comments · 2054 points · Sep 08, 2026
We're gonna need a lot more mathematicians↗ terrytao.wordpress.com · HN · 493 comments · 401 points · Sep 26, 2026
On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem↗ openai.com · HN · 1137 comments · 1346 points · Sep 08, 2026
If math is more than proof, we need to better celebrate the rest of it↗ terrytao.wordpress.com · HN · 285 comments · 433 points · Sep 19, 2026
Why do we need human mathematicians anymore?↗ terrytao.wordpress.com · HN · 383 comments · 292 points · Sep 20, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

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Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf]↗ cims.nyu.edu · HN · 827 comments · 2054 points · Sep 08, 2026
On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem↗ openai.com · HN · 1137 comments · 1346 points · Sep 08, 2026
Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem↗ anthropic.com · HN · 512 comments · 773 points · Sep 04, 2026
Terence Tao explains 6 essential mathematical concepts [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 86 comments · 638 points · Aug 30, 2026
If math is more than proof, we need to better celebrate the rest of it↗ terrytao.wordpress.com · HN · 285 comments · 433 points · Sep 19, 2026
We're gonna need a lot more mathematicians↗ terrytao.wordpress.com · HN · 493 comments · 401 points · Sep 26, 2026
Why do we need human mathematicians anymore?↗ terrytao.wordpress.com · HN · 383 comments · 292 points · Sep 20, 2026
A beginning for mathematics↗ daniellitt.com · HN · 148 comments · 274 points · Sep 14, 2026
I vibed a proof of Conway's conjecture↗ overreacted.io · HN · 297 comments · 271 points · Sep 18, 2026
Caltech Mathathon – first hackathon ever devoted to research level mathematics↗ mathathonchallenge.com · HN · 105 comments · 271 points · Sep 07, 2026

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