Mathematicians

In the fall of 2017, Mehtaab Sawhney, then an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, joined a…

The cosmos seems to have a preference for things that are round. Planets and stars tend to be spheres because…

In their paper, posted online in late November 2022, a key part of the proof involves showing that, for the most…

Pure mathematics fascinates me, precisely because it is so inaccessible. I envision it as a remote, chilly,…

More than 50 years ago Polish-American mathematician Mark Kac popularized a zany but mathematically deep question…

“ homology theory depends only on the topology of your manifold. is Floer’s incredible insight,” said Agustin…

Intuition tells mathematicians that adding 2 to a number should completely change its multiplicative…

Official modelling efforts have been subjected to barrages of criticism throughout the pandemic, from across the…

Drop an ice cube into a glass of water. You can probably picture the way it starts to melt. You also know that no…