Gerd Faltings has won the 2026 Abel Prize, considered the Nobel prize of mathematics, for a groundbreaking proof which took mathematics by storm in 1983. His contributions helped establish one of the ...

Gerd Faltings proved a conjecture that had been unsolved for six decades, using connections between numbers and geometry. By Kenneth Chang A German mathematician, Gerd Faltings, is this year’s winner ...

For mathematical genius Wan Daqing, life is no longer a competition between China and the United States. Instead, he has encountered the rivalry of universities within China seeking to appoint him.

Google DeepMind’s AlphaProof system solved International Mathematical Olympiad problems at a silver-medal level earlier this year, marking the most concrete demonstration yet that artificial ...

World-leading Vietnamese mathematician Ngo Bao Chau has said his decision to leave the US was not just the result of the worsening academic environment there, but also a vision to transform Asia into ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—for mathematicians, anyway. Pi Day is Saturday, March 14. The relatively new holiday is a celebration of the mathematical calculation pi, or the infinite ...

The academic also says he is motivated by his vision to make Asia an intellectual powerhouse for science and learning World-leading Vietnamese mathematician Ngo Bao Chau has said his decision to leave ...

In March 2025, mathematician Daniel Litt made a bet. Despite the march of progress of artificial intelligence in many fields, he believed his subject was safe, wagering with a colleague that there was ...

As the National Museum of Mathematics sought new space in Manhattan, the right things add up for a corner spot in Chelsea: space and visibility.

Doing your banking by phone is a convenience most of us now take for granted. But how can you be certain it’s safe and secure? Turns out that mathematicians deserve much of the thanks. That’s ...

Martin Hairer, a mathematician at the Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne. Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly ...

JobsOhio is offering employers up to $225,000 in relocation incentives to attract out-of-state STEM talent as the state ...