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

The congress, which is held once every four years, is considered the top showcase for new developments in math. The prizes awarded during its opening ceremony are the highest distinction in the ...

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

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 ...

US mathematician Dennis Sullivan has won one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics, for his contributions to topology—the study of qualitative properties of shapes—and related fields.

In new research, mathematicians have narrowed down one of the biggest outstanding problems in math. Huge breakthroughs in math and science are usually the work of many people over many years. Seven ...

Steven G. Krantz,, Ph.D., professor of mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis, illuminates mathematicians' very human brilliance in his book, Mathematical Apocrypha Redux, his sequel to his ...