
Holly Krieger's Favorite Theorem
The Cambridge mathematician expounds on the delightful irony of Brouwer's fixed-point theorem

Holly Krieger's Favorite Theorem
The Cambridge mathematician expounds on the delightful irony of Brouwer's fixed-point theorem

Math for America's Summer Think
Embracing shared identity, community and a chance to pursue excellence in teaching


Vidit Nanda's Favorite Theorem
Fixed points and pizza

Number-Theory Prodigy among Winners of Most Coveted Prize in Mathematics
The Fields Medals have been awarded to four researchers who work on number theory, geometry and network analysis

Gallery: Beautiful Works of Art Are Generated by Austere Mathematical Rules
Images and sculptures inspired by mathematical principles show off the intense beauty of the discipline

Open Letter to the Fields Medal Committee
Why you should give the award to me

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

People Ration Where They Roam
An analysis of the movement of some 40,000 people suggests most of us frequent only 25 places—and as we sub in new favorites, we drop old ones. Christopher Intagliata reports.

A Few of My Favorite Spaces: Antoine's Necklace
Because sometimes a Cantor set just wants to feel pretty