This year’s Abel prize, an annual mathematics lifetime-achievement award, bestowed by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and modeled on the Nobel Prize, has been given to Gerd Faltings, a ...

Gerd Faltings proved a conjecture that had been unsolved for six decades, using connections between numbers and geometry.

The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day.

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

This article Boost your mental math speed and accuracy with these effective abacus tricks. This practical guide explains fundamental techniques like direct addition and subtraction using complements ...

A student takes a math class to study for the STAAR state standardized tests in this archive photo. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram file photo Are you an accountant who plugs functions into spreadsheets to ...

Mathematicians sometimes think of their research as a garden and unsolved problems as seeds waiting to sprout. Some problems are analogous to tulip bulbs. As mathematicians work to solve them, they ...

The Harvard Math Department will pilot a new introductory course aimed at rectifying a lack of foundational algebra skills among students, according to Harvard’s Director of Introductory Math Brendan ...