mathematics

Say goodbye to stable orbits and knotted shoelaces.

The surprising power of Neil Sloane’s Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.

We’ve predicted and broken human population limits for centuries.

Andrew Wiles thought he had a solution to an age-old puzzle. Until it began to unravel.

Computers can’t invent, but they’re changing the field anyway.

A mathematician is using computers to manufacture award-winning illusions.

Rags, riches, and fame in mathematics.

Infinite patterns that never repeat have moved from fantasy to reality.

How a destructive idea paved the way for modern math.

Chance encounters in the life of Andrei Kolmogorov.