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Long considered solved, David Hilbert’s question about seventh-degree polynomials is leading researchers to a new web of mathematical connections.
Imagine if we lived on a cube-shaped Earth. How would you find the shortest path around the world?
Even as mathematicians and computer scientists proved big results in computational complexity, number theory and geometry, computers proved themselves increasingly indispensable in mathematics.
Mathematicians have long pondered the reach of a grazing goat tied to a fence, only finding approximate answers until now.
An exercise in pure mathematics has led to a wide-ranging theory of how the world comes together.
Struggling with math problems that can’t be solved helps us better understand the ones we can.
From crumpled paper to termite mounds to three-sided coins, L. Mahadevan has turned the whole world into his laboratory.
Mathematicians have long grappled with the reality that some problems just don’t have solutions.
Emily Riehl is rewriting the foundations of higher category theory while also working to make mathematics more inclusive.