As the new year begins, ancient wisdom from Pythagoras reminds us that simple words like 'yes' and 'no' require deep thought. This Ionian philosopher, known for his mathematical and philosophical ...

Math is a laboratory for better thinking. That is the argument of Cedric Villani, one of the world’s most famous mathematicians. In 2010, at the age of 37, Villani won the Fields Medal, the equivalent ...

These 10 most famous female mathematicians in the 21st century are working on research that will thoroughly change the way we observe not just mathematics, but the world itself. STEM stands for ...

The lost works of an ancient Greek mathematician, Apollonius, have been discovered by scientists. Apollonius of Perga was known as "The Great Geometer," according to a Liberty University publication. ...

Steven G. Krantz,, Ph.D., professor of mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis, illuminates mathematicians' very human brilliance in his book, Mathematical Apocrypha Redux, his sequel to his ...

Did a team of mathematicians just take a big step toward answering a 160-year-old, million-dollar question in mathematics? Maybe. The crew did solve a number of other, smaller questions in a field ...

On Friday, billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Yuri Milner announced a new $3 million prize for mathematics known as the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics. This is the third such prize that the Valley's ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The mathematician Richard Hamming said, “If you don’t work on important problems, it’s not likely that you’ll do important work.” In the ...

The mathematician Richard Hamming said, “If you don’t work on important problems, it’s not likely that you’ll do important work.” In the math world, Hamming was known as a rebel. But unlike Jim Stark, ...