The Langlands program has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up new ...

One of the biggest stories in science is quietly playing out in the world of abstract mathematics. Over the course of last ...

The “prophetic” quality lies in the ability to foresee truths that are later validated through rigorous proof or empirical observation ...

A novel suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution.

The study, published in the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, reads: ‘For over 500 years, Leonardo da Vinci’s geometric ...

S ince the start of the 20th century, the heart of mathematics has been the proof — a rigorous, logical argument for whether a given statement is true or false. Mathematicians’ careers are measured by ...