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How a German City Developed — And Then Lost — Generations of Math GeniusesFeature Anti-Semitism brought down one of the world's greatest centers for mathematical research.
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Mathematician Claims He Solved 160-Year-Old Math Problem. Critics Say Probably Not.Critics are weary.
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This Man Won the Top Prize in Mathematics — Then Someone Immediately Stole ItCaucher Birkar, a mathematician at the University of Cambridge, won the 14-carat gold Fields Medal, math's version of the Nobel Prize. Then someone stole it.
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This Biologist Cracked a Problem That's Stumped Mathematicians for 68 YearsAn amateur mathematician just partially solved the Hadwiger-Nelson problem, which has vexed mathematicians since 1950.
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Creator of 'Grand Unified Theory of Mathematics' Wins Prestigious Math PrizeRobert Langlands, a professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University, won one of mathematics' most prestigious prizes for a lifetime for groundbreaking work.
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Famous Mathematician Joseph Fourier Would Have Been 250 Today. Here's Why He MattersOpinion Fourier's discoveries can still be felt in modern-day radiology, climate science and physics.
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This Huge New Prime Number Is a Very Big DealThis prime is worth $3,000, but a $250,000 prime is getting much closer.
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Mathematicians Awarded $3 Million for Cracking Century-Old ProblemThe Breakthrough Prize in mathematics was awarded to two researchers who showed that polynomial questions with many variables have a finite number of solution types.
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Who Invented Zero?The concept of zero, both as a placeholder and as a symbol for nothing, is a relatively recent development.
