The incompleteness theorem is accepted as part of the mathematical canon today, but columnist Jacob Aron says it was a ...

The painstaking process of formalization to verify proofs is starting to surge thanks to AI. That could radically change the ...

From Aryabhata’s concept of zero and Euclid’s geometryto the principles that later powered modern computer science, mathematics has been shaped by thinkers across eras. This particular list focuses on ...

Since the start of the 20th century, the heart of mathematics has been the proof — a rigorous, logical argument for whether a given statement is true or false. Mathematicians’ careers are measured by ...