Its methods may eventually help mathematicians chart even more of the giant atlas. While the new paper proves that strangely twisted shapes exist in dimension 126, it gives no hint of how to construct ...

Two breakthroughs in mathematics could reshape how researchers understand symmetries in nature and the behavior of complex systems. These advances, led by Pham Tiep, a professor at Rutgers ...

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 ...

This Jewish mathematician understood why Trump is a terrible poker player John von Neumann co-authored a theory of games, which explains a lot about the president’s approach to economics ...

Lil Mabu (real name Matthew DeLuca), 18, is brand new to Billboard’s charts, as “Mathematical Disrespect” marks his first appearance on any Billboard survey. He has released all his music ...

“You’re not gonna increase your chances of winning by some strategy about how you pick the exact numbers you pick,” said California mathematician RyanGaribald on WIRED.

Luke Durant, a researcher and amateur mathematician, has identified the largest new prime number known to humankind. The newly discovered prime number is 2 to the power of 136,279,841, then minus one.

Peter Lax, mathematician who found order in the natural world, dies at 99 Computer models that grew from Dr. Lax’s equations have been used in medicine, aviation and weather forecasting. May 20 ...

Kevin Buzzard, a mathematician and professor of pure mathematics at Imperial College London, posted a blog post explaining how OpenAI's o3 model scored 25.2% on the FrontierMath problem dataset.

Masaki Kashiwara has won the 2025 Abel prize, sometimes called the Nobel prize of mathematics, for his work on algebraic analysis. Kashiwara, a professor at Kyoto University, Japan, received the ...

Mathematician Masaki Kashiwara has won the 2025 Abel Prize, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announced today. Kashiwara is known for building bridges across seemingly distant branches ...