The Langlands program has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up new worlds for them to explore One of the biggest stories in science is ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1994, an earthquake of a proof shook up the mathematical world. The mathematician Andrew Wiles had finally settled Fermat’s Last ...

Math as both profession and course of study can be a hard sell, something even Don Draper might have trouble pitching. The field unites numbers, theories, and ideas that, yes, can be physically ...

The Journal of the American Statistical Association (JASA) has long been considered the premier journal of statistical science. Science Citation Index reported JASA was the most highly cited journal ...

The problem is introduced in its historical background. Then the Substrata-Factor Theory is presented along with its statistical model, assumptions, and their rationale. A criticism of the last step ...

When you hit “send” on a text message, it is easy to imagine that the note will travel directly from your phone to your friend's. In fact, it typically goes on a long journey through a cellular ...

Emily Riehl sees similarities between the viola, which she grew up playing, and the mathematical field of higher category theory, in which she is currently a leading participant. She thinks of the two ...

Two fascinating narratives are interwoven in Love and Math, one mathematical, the other personal. The love that Edward Frenkel alludes to in his title is the passion stirred in the mathematical heart ...