Polynomials

The 30-year-old math sensation Peter Scholze is now one of the youngest Fields medalists for “the revolution that he launched in arithmetic geometry.”

A century ago, the great mathematician David Hilbert posed a probing question in pure mathematics. A recent advance in optimization theory is bringing Hilbert’s work into a world of self-driving cars.

June Huh thought he had no talent for math until a chance meeting with a legendary mind. A decade later, his unorthodox approach to mathematical thinking has led to major breakthroughs.

Just five days after posting a retraction, László Babai announced that he had fixed the error in his landmark graph isomorphism algorithm.

The legendary graph isomorphism problem may be harder than a 2015 result seemed to suggest.

By folding fractals into 3-D objects, a mathematical duo hopes to gain new insight into simple equations.

At 28, Peter Scholze is uncovering deep connections between number theory and geometry.

A new series of papers has settled a long-standing question related to the popular game in which players seek patterned sets of three cards.

Computer scientists are abuzz over a fast new algorithm for solving one of the central problems in the field.