Mathematicians have made a breakthrough in one of the thorniest math problems out there — only the third major step forward in 75 years. The problem involves Ramsey numbers, a deceptively simple ...

Mathematicians have iterated a new upper-bound limit on a famously elusive math concept: the Ramsey Number. The Ramsey number’s upper bound hasn’t changed since Paul Erdős calculated it in 1935. The ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Last month, I wrote about a little math game ...