Constantine Karatheodori is recognized as the greatest Greek mathematician since antiquity. He worked with many great mathematicians and scientists of the early 20th century, including Albert Einstein ...

National Mathematics Day 2022: The day is celebrated in India annually to mark the birth anniversary of the genius mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. In 2012, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ...

At least 117 academics in Gaza have been killed, including Sufian Tayeh, mathematician, theoretical physicist, and president of the Islamic University of Gaza, who was killed along with his family ...

Ingebrigt Vik's portrait of mathematician Nils Henrik Abel shows the genius but frail and sick mathematician, with a weighed-down and emaciated head and slender body. The sketch for the sculpture was ...

Yau’s maths centre at Tsinghua in Beijing is one example where top foreign mathematicians have been recruited.

Landmark results in geometry and number theory marked an exciting year for mathematics, at a time when advances in artificial intelligence are starting to transform the subject’s future. In May, a ...

The influence of Pythagoras in mathematics and philosophy remains strong today, as do the mysteries surrounding the great Greek philosopher. Like philosophy and religion, the science of mathematics ...

Infinity contains everything, including multiple kinds of infinities. Mathematicians have long known that there are many kinds of infinities (technically, there are an infinity of them).

Mathematician solves decades-old sofa problem with new findings Gerver's U-shaped sofa model confirmed as optimal solution Study narrows maximum sofa area to 2.2195 units ...

Prime numbers—numbers divisible only by 1 and themselves—have long fascinated mathematicians. This year a researcher discovered the largest known prime number, with a whopping 41,024,320 digits.

Mathematicians aren't usually the first point of call on moving day. And really, why should they be? For nearly 60 years, they couldn't even tell you whether your fancy new three-seat sofa would make ...