To close out the semester, here is a conversation I had with fellow math PhD student Michael Catli. Michael and I both started our PhDs in Fall 2023. I knew him slightly before that, via a mutual ...

Dec. 10 (UPI) --Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. They include: -- Abolitionist/journalist William Lloyd Garrison in 1805 -- Mathematician ...

Srinivasa Ramanujan grew up in southern India with almost no formal education, but his mind never stopped creating ...

Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in ...

AI tools developed by Google DeepMind are surprisingly effective at assisting mathematical research and could usher in a wave of AI-powered mathematical discovery at a previously unseen scale, say ...

Talia Ringer is in the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA. Read the paper: Olympiad-level formal mathematical ...

In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day. By Jordan Ellenberg Jordan Ellenberg, a professor of mathematics at the ...

Archimedes was a Greek mathematician, scientist, mechanical engineer, and inventor who is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of the ancient world. The father of simple machines, he ...

Diophantus, who likely inherited foundational ideas from Thymaridas of Paros, laid fundamental work for algebra by exploring solutions to linear equations that later influenced modern mathematics.

The congress, which is held once every four years, is considered the top showcase for new developments in math. The prizes awarded during its opening ceremony are the highest distinction in the ...

Lehrer gained notoriety for his sharp wit and dark sensibilities in songs such as “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,” “The Vatican Rag,” and “The Old Dope Peddler.” His music was constructed much like a ...