Gerd Faltings, a number theorist at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Germany, has won the 2026 Abel Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics, the Norwegian Academy of ...

This year’s Abel prize, an annual mathematics lifetime-achievement award, bestowed by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and modeled on the Nobel Prize, has been given to Gerd Faltings, a ...

Gerd Faltings proved a conjecture that had been unsolved for six decades, using connections between numbers and geometry.

The National Association of Scholars has pushed its model standards in social studies, science and English language arts. Now it’s set its sights on math.

In this video I will show you how to complete the square by working through 28 different examples. We will focus on basic completing the square problems when a=1. I make short, to-the-point online ...

The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day.

In this video I show you how to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions by working through 52 different examples. I make short, to-the-point online math tutorials. I struggled with math growing ...

Brainteasers are known as entertainment sources but apart from being a leisure activity, they also serve many benefits. For example, math puzzles help in improving cognitive skills which further ...

Zach D. Berg ’28 is a History and Government concentrator in Adams House. Daniel Zhao ’28 is a Math and Computer Science concentrator in Adams House. Many economists agree that the only thing worse ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...