Mathematics

Recursion builds bridges between ideas from across different math classes and illustrates the power of creative mathematical thinking.

The French mathematician spent decades developing a set of tools now widely used for taming random processes.

The recipient of the 2024 Crafoord Prize in Mathematics discusses math as art, math as language, and math as abstract thought.

By eliminating a hidden inefficiency, computer scientists have come up with a new way to multiply large matrices that’s faster than ever.

Mathematicians are working to fully explain unusual behaviors uncovered using artificial intelligence.

Simple rules in simple settings continue to puzzle mathematicians, even as they devise intricate tools to analyze them.

Two researchers have proved that Penrose tilings, famous patterns that never repeat, are mathematically equivalent to a kind of quantum error correction.

This past October, dozens of mathematicians gathered in Pasadena to create the third version of “Kirby’s list” — a compendium of the most important unsolved problems in the field.

Explore a universe of numbers and arithmetic in our new and improved interactive math game, Hyperjumps!