French mathematician Frank Merle, who won a prestigious Breakthrough Prize on Saturday, told AFP that fundamental research ...

Largely unknown today, Bourbaki is likely the last mathematician to master nearly all aspects of the field. A consummate collaborator, he made fundamental contributions to important mathematical ...

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The 63-year-old mathematician, who is set to receive $3 million, becomes the third French recipient of this prestigious award ...

Scott Simon talks with math guy Keith Devlin about the work of Grigori Perelman. Perelman is a mathematician at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics in St. Petersburg, Russia, who may have solved a ...

A 400-year-old mathematical puzzle concerning the most efficient way to pack spheres in eight dimensions has been solved by ...

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra’s oldest challenge – solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers, ...

In high school, I dropped out of calculus with a failing grade. In college in New York’s Hudson Valley, I studied anthropology and film. After college, I took a job that interested me—at least until ...