mathematics

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An eccentric figure with an idiosyncratic language all his own, Erdős would say mathematicians had “left” when they died, and say that they had “died” when they stopped doing mathematics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

That history should make us cautious about treating progress made by AI in pure mathematics as a mere intellectual curiosity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

Bresnik, a California native, graduated from The Citadel with a mathematics degree and joined NASA's astronaut corps in 2004.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

The multi-day exam, which began Sunday, drills test-takers on subjects including Chinese, mathematics, English, science and the humanities -- with the tallied scores to be released later this month.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Armed with 2,400 years' worth of extra mathematics, it is not hard for us to go back and find Zeno’s Achilles’ heel.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife