As year-end exams come to a close, the pressure mounts for high school pupils and their families to decide whether to continue with Pure Mathematics or switch to Maths Literacy. This choice signifies ...

A branch of maths is being threatened by the focus of other subjects, a campaign has warned. 'Pure maths' is the popular subject in its most basic form. Demonstrated by the genius Alan Turing when he ...

Ahead of International Mathematics Day, South Africa faces a maths crisis: only one in three matriculants took pure ...

Applied mathematics vs pure mathematics q My child has chosen commerce in Class XI. We are confused whether to choose applied mathematics or pure mathematics. Will choosing applied maths put her at a ...

In 1900, twenty-three unsolved mathematical problems, known as Hilbert's Problems, were compiled as a definitive list by mathematician David Hilbert. A century later, the seven most important unsolved ...

One might reasonably assume that the math wars have died down. From occasional newspaper reports, one might have the impression that the sides have agreed to make nice. Not so. The National ...

As hard-pressed universities axe abstract study, the codebreaker’s great niece and top mathematicians are fighting back Almost exactly 80 years ago, British codebreakers made a crucial breakthrough.