A new proof in computer science also has implications for researchers in quantum mechanics and pure math. Illustration: DVDP/Quanta Magazine ...

The Year in Math and Computer Science Mathematicians and computer scientists answered major questions in topology, set theory and even physics, even as computers continued to grow more capable. By ...

A logical paradox at the heart of mathematics and computer science turns out to have implications for the real world, making a basic question about matter fundamentally unanswerable.