Michael Freedman’s momentous 1981 proof of the four-dimensional Poincaré conjecture was on the verge of being lost. The editors of a new book are trying to save it. One of the most important pieces of ...

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Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or ...

At 21, Ashwin Sah has produced a body of work that senior mathematicians say is nearly unprecedented for a college student. The proof joined a long list of mathematical results that Sah, who turned 21 ...

DAYTONA BEACH — Jakara Lewis has gone from tutoring on the side to authoring and publishing a math textbook for prospective nursing students. “I started the Lewis and Wilder Publishing company in ...

Alive Studios is adding two new components to its Math alive augmented reality system designed for pre-K and kindergarten (and for grades 1 to 3 as an intervention). Math alive uses a combination of ...