Largely unknown today, Bourbaki is likely the last mathematician to master nearly all aspects of the field. A consummate collaborator, he made fundamental contributions to important mathematical ...

The lost works of an ancient Greek mathematician, Apollonius, have been discovered by scientists. Apollonius of Perga was known as "The Great Geometer," according to a Liberty University publication. ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Hilbert's sixth problem was one of the loftiest. He called for "axiomatizing" physics, or ...

More than 30 years ago, Andreas Floer changed geometry. Now, two mathematicians have finally figured out how to extend his revolutionary perspective. Arnold’s work was in an area of mathematics that ...

India is the homeland of many greatest Mathematicians but Srinivasa Ramanujan is someone who remains one of the most extraordinary mathematicians in history. He was born on 22 December 1887, who ...

Mathematicians explore ideas by proposing conjectures and proving them with theorems. For centuries, they built these proofs line by careful line, and most math researchers still work like that today.

Funeral services were held here today for Prof. Issey Schur, exiled German Jewish mathematician, who died last week at the age of 66. Prof. M. Fekete, dean of the Hebrew University’s science faculty, ...