Research Blogs

From Tao, Kalai, Aaronson, Baez, and more.

Tanya Khovanova

Here is a 3-paragraph summary of the Coin Parity blog post: This post explores a clever weighing puzzle shared by Konstantin Knop, centered around the ever-popular balance scale. ...

5h ago

Entropy, partitions, groups and AI

# Entropy, Partitions, Groups, and AI This blog post explores a fascinating connection between information theory and abstract algebra, specifically looking at how the concept of ...

Jul 24

Various News Items

Here is a 3-paragraph summary of the blog post for mathopen.com: The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2026 has officially kicked off in Philadelphia, marking a major...

Jul 24

AI for the working mathematician

I can see the title and brief introduction of the blog post, but the full content appears to be cut off with "There has been … Continue reading →", meaning I only have access to th...

Jul 23

I read the news today, oh boy

I notice that the content of the blog post appears to be incomplete. Only the title "I read the news today, oh boy" and a brief intro mentioning three BBC news items were provided,...

Jul 23

Jordan Triples and the Standard Model

Here is a 3-paragraph summary of the blog post for mathopen.com: **Jordan Triples and the Standard Model** Mathematician John Baez is excited about a new paper he co-authored wit...

Jul 23

A digestion of the Jacobian conjecture counterexample

Here is a 3-paragraph summary of the blog post for mathopen.com: The Jacobian Conjecture is one of mathematics' most famous unsolved problems. It asks a deceptively simple questio...

Jul 22

Galilean Limits of Electromagnetism

Here is a 3-paragraph summary of the blog post for mathopen.com: Maxwell's equations, which govern electromagnetism, follow the rules of special relativity and remain unchanged un...

Jul 19

NISQ and quantum supremacy did not fail

Here is a 3-paragraph summary of the blog post for mathopen.com: A recent preprint by philosopher Amit Hagar titled "The NISQ Trap: Eight Years of Demonstrations the Hardware was ...

Jul 19

Micha A. Perles 90th Birthday Meeting

# Celebrating 90 Years of Mathematical Excellence: A Tribute to Micha A. Perles The Israeli Mathematical Society recently held a special afternoon session at their Annual Meeting ...

Jul 17

Two more apps: visualizing the zeta process and the motions of the heavens

Here is a 3-paragraph summary of the blog post for mathopen.com: The author argues that building visualization apps for mathematical and scientific concepts is one of the best way...

Jul 17

Tanya Khovanova

# Five Sages: A Logic Puzzle Worth Pondering A new puzzle from mathematician Nikolai Chernyatiev challenges five blindfolded sages seated in a row. Once their blindfolds are remov...

Jul 15

Tanya Khovanova

Fingers on One Hand

Here is a 3-paragraph summary of the blog post for mathopen.com: This blog post opens with a clever puzzle that was included as part of an entrance test for a STEP mathematics pro...

Jul 15

An ABC conjecture proved

Here is a 3-paragraph summary of the blog post: Researchers have proved a conjecture originally proposed by the blog's author alongside Mohammed Aljohani and John Bamberg. The con...

Jul 15

From the Old Abbey

Here is a 3-paragraph summary for mathopen.com: The blog post describes a week spent at the Oude Abdij Drongen, a historic old abbey located near Ghent in Belgium. The author acco...

Jul 15

Interview with Micah Zarin

Here is a 3-paragraph summary of the blog post for mathopen.com: This post features an interview with Micah Zarin, though the author openly admits some dissatisfaction with how th...

Jul 15

Octonions and the Standard Model

Here is a 3-paragraph summary of the blog post for mathopen.com: **Octonions and the Standard Model** Mathematician John Baez and collaborator Paul Schwahn have released a new pa...

Jul 15

Announcing BQP Partners: my and my brother’s new angel-investing venture

This blog post announces that Scott Aaronson and his brother are launching BQP Partners, a new angel-investing venture focused on the quantum computing and AI spaces. The author hu...

Jul 14

Held Prize call for nominations (+ call for postdocs)

The National Academy of Sciences is currently accepting nominations for the Michael and Sheila Held Prize, a prestigious award recognizing outstanding work in combinatorial and dis...

Jul 14

Matching in NC and Local Events

Here is a 2-paragraph summary: Matching theory, which studies how to pair up elements in a set or graph optimally, has long been a treasure trove of ideas across mathematics and c...

Jul 14

The Ramanujan Challenge for AI

## The Ramanujan Challenge for AI The Ramanujan Challenge is an exciting new initiative inviting researchers and AI enthusiasts to push the boundaries of mathematical discovery. I...

Jul 14

Call for long programs, workshops, and summer schools at IPAM

IPAM (Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics) is currently accepting proposals from the mathematical, statistical, and scientific communities for long programs, workshops, and ...

Jul 14

Visualizing the Gilbreath expectation sequence

Here is a 2-paragraph summary for mathopen.com: Terence Tao shares how learning to use coding agents has made it surprisingly easy to transform static research figures into intera...

Jul 14

Visualizing the Gilbreath expectation sequence

# Visualizing the Gilbreath Expectation Sequence The Gilbreath conjecture is one of number theory's most tantalizing unsolved problems, concerning the repeated application of abso...

Jul 14