The caustic mathematician Roger Casals Gutiérrez saw on his kitchen wall in 2023. Caustics are a type of singularity, a mathematical phenomenon that occurs when an surface goes through a transition.

On Monday, I looked at the possibility of artificial intelligence through the perspective of history: the history of the field and of expert conjecture. That analysis revealed that, up until now, ...

Mathematicians have come up with a new way to crinkle up the fabric of space-time -- at least in theory. Mathematicians at UC Davis have come up with a new way to crinkle up the fabric of space-time - ...