athematics is, at its core, an art. Like painters, musicians or writers, mathematicians create and explore new worlds. They ...

Mathematicians and computer scientists answered major questions in topology, set theory and even physics, even as computers continued to grow more capable. Mathematicians and computer scientists had ...

Mathematics Magazine presents articles and notes on undergraduate mathematical topics in a lively expository style that appeals to students and faculty throughout the undergraduate years. The journal ...

STEM: science, technology, engineering, and of course, mathematics. It’s time for math to take centerstage. When most people talk STEM, they’re likely focused on S-T-E. If math is at all mentioned, it ...

Breakthroughs in physics sometimes require an assist from the field of mathematics—and vice versa. In 1912, Albert Einstein, then a 33-year-old theoretical physicist at the Eidgenössische Technische ...

George Berzsenyi is a retired math professor living in Milwaukee County. Most people have never heard of him. But Berzsenyi has had a remarkable impact on American science and mathematics. He has ...

Sometime around 1800 B.C., a Sumerian scholar inscribed a hand-sized clay tablet with a series of cryptic numbers. The unusual tablet, known as Plimpton 322 (below), has provoked years of fevered ...