mathematics

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Simon Broucke didn’t expect to use his mathematics degree for his music assistant job at “Masquerade,” the new interactive revival of “The Phantom of the Opera” in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

He has dual degrees from Columbia University in music and mathematics, which uses spreadsheets and modeling to solve real-world problems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

A woman grandmaster - the highest female-only chess title - Zhou was pursuing a degree in economics and mathematics at the University of Toronto at the time.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

He contributed 73 of the 2,500 publicly available questions in HLE, the second highest number among contributors, and wrote the most questions related to mathematics and computer science.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

A black hole is a zero in the equations of general relativity; the energy of the vacuum is a zero in the mathematics of quantum theory.

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