For centuries, mathematics was seen as the one discipline immune to contradiction — until one man proved it wasn’t. In the early 20th century, Kurt Gödel uncovered a flaw buried inside logic itself, ...

In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically talented teens. Campers contemplated notions such as how to prove whether a ...

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The Punjab School of Mathematics, originating from Sarvadaman Chowla's 1925 paper, celebrates its centenary alongside Prof.

Instead of memorization and lectures in classrooms, SESP Prof. Jen Munson, who studies learning science, envisions a ...

From Oct. 15 to Oct. 17, researchers, democracy advocates, and students gathered at Wellesley College for the “Social Choice: Theory and Computation Conference” hosted by Institute for Mathematics and ...

Former daytime TV personality baffles NBC anchor with attempt to rationalize president’s hyperbole on cutting the cost of ...

As enrollment numbers for the introductory chemistry and physics courses reach around 600 students each this semester, the ...

MathJax is an open-source JavaScript display engine for LaTeX, MathML, and AsciiMath notation that works in all modern browsers, with built-in support for assistive technology like screen readers, ...

Marking guidelines are developed with the exam paper and are used by markers to guide their marking of a student's response. The table shows the criteria with each mark or mark range. Sample answers ...

Halloween is right around the corner, and I could use some help in dealing with something my wife, “Wilma,” does every year that I think is messed up. We have two boys, ages 6 and 8, and she steals ...