Financial Mathematics and Ultimate Frisbee
Mike Lawler talks about the most influential paper in his career in finance, teaching math to his kids and ultimate
Stories by Evelyn Lamb
Math, Quilting and Activism
Mathematician Chawne Kimber shares her favorite theorems and quilts that make a statement
"The Danger of a Single Story" in Mathematics
The Lathisms podcast shares the varied stories of Hispanic and Latinx mathematicians
'Tis the Season...for Pumpkin Spice Lattices!
Is that a chill in the air? Then it must be time for PSL’s, everyone’s favorite seasonal matrices
Making Math Joyful
“Mathematician-at-large” James Tanton shares playful mathematics and Sperner’s lemma
The Most Addictive Theorem in Applied Mathematics
Erika Camacho discusses how her favorite theorem applies to her research on mathematical modeling of eye diseases and the dynamics of fanaticism
The Numbers behind a Fields Medalist's Math
Inside the p-adic numbers that make Peter Scholze's work tick
How Math Helped Me Learn Early Music
Abstract algebra class gave me the kick in the rear I needed to focus on the relationships between notes
Holly Krieger's Favorite Theorem
The Cambridge mathematician expounds on the delightful irony of Brouwer's fixed-point theorem
Vidit Nanda's Favorite Theorem
Fixed points and pizza
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Bouquet of n Circles
A rose by any other name would be as mathematically useful...
Math and the Beaches of Rio
Stephen Smale and the history of the Fields medal
Ingrid Daubechies's Favorite Theorem
Ingrid Daubechies shares the Tutte embedding theorem and how it can help biologists understand the evolution of teeth
Ken Ribet's Favorite Theorem
The Berkeley math professor shares his favorite prime proofs
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: Antoine's Necklace
Because sometimes a Cantor set just wants to feel pretty
Stepping into a Three-Torus
How artist Yayoi Kusama showed me the beauty of a favorite mathematical space
Jana Rodriguez Hertz's Favorite Theorem
From noodles to chaos
Francis Su's Favorite Theorem
The Harvey Mudd College mathematician tells us why he loves playing with Brouwer's fixed-point theorem
A Finite Trip with Kakeya
Following Kakeya’s needle to new mathematics
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Witch of Agnesi
What is the meaning of this unassuming, mistranslated curve?
