By extending the scope of the key insight behind Fermat’s Last Theorem, four mathematicians have made great strides toward ...

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Manu Prakash works on the world’s most urgent problems and seemingly frivolous questions at the same time. They add up to a ...

Reversible programs run backward as easily as they run forward, saving energy in theory. After decades of research, they may ...

Po-Shen Loh discusses his approach to coaching the United States International Mathematical Olympiad team and reveals what he believes to be the major problem with math education.

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