Professional mathematicians have been stunned by the progress amateurs have made in solving long-standing problems with the ...

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This maths brainteaser left one student in floods of tears. Maths divides opinion like no other school subject. While some pupils sail through algebra and geometry without breaking a sweat, others ...

The employment future looks bright for people with strong math skills. But among the nation’s K-12 students, that represents a small and dwindling demographic. What’s to blame for students’ poor math ...

You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...

Alan Veliz-Cuba has received funding from the Simons Foundation and the American Mathematical Society for some of his research. You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an ...