Math

Critics accuse the organization of opposing efforts to stamp out inequity

A set of puzzles called Diophantine problems are often simple to state but hard to solve—though progress could have big implications for the future of mathematics

A new model could help model disease transmission and urban planning

Mathematicians have expanded category theory into infinite dimensions, revealing new connections among mathematical concepts

The size of certain infinite sets has been a mystery. Now, it turns out, each one is different than the next, and they can all be ordered by size

Mathematicians want to think their field is a meritocracy, but bias, harassment and exclusion persist

Elite mathematicians tend to pass their prestige down to advisees

What’s the worst that could happen?

How a dispute between a religious believer and a confirmed atheist led to a major mathematical breakthrough

Just one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems named 21 years ago has been solved

A photography project reveals the allure of equations in mathematicians’ blackboard work

The great British mathematician passed away from COVID-19 last year. To celebrate his memory, here is a small sampling of the recreational mathematics he loved so well