Pure mathematics uses mathematics to explore abstract ideas, mathematics that does not necessarily describe a real physical system. This can include developing the fundamental tools used by ...

Ugadi 2025 will be celebrated on March 30, marking the first day of the Hindu calendar month of Chaitra. Know its date, subh muhurat and rituals.

Explore Rm. Palaniappan’s retrospective at DakshinaChitra, blending printmaking, science, psychology, and abstraction.

The Department of Mathematics consists of the Mathematical Institute and the Freudenthal Institute. Mathematical research and academic education become one within the Mathematical Institute. The ...

Acclaimed Chinese-American mathematician Huaxin Lin has returned to China for a full-time research position in Shanghai after nearly four decades in the United States. The 69-year-old joined the ...

The next Ramanujan of AI will not emerge from research that mimics the West but from minds that rethink intelligence with ...

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 ...

A long-standing geometric mystery dating back to the 17th century has finally been solved by Monash University mathematicians, shedding new light on an equation first written by philosopher and ...

Bhaskara II’s Lilavati is more than just a mathematical text—it’s a poetic journey into the world of numbers. Written in the 12th century, this masterpiece blends logic, lyrical beauty, and real-world ...

William “Bill” Browder, an emeritus professor of mathematics, died in early February at the age of 91. He died at home, excited about a new math idea he’d just had, held in his wife’s arms. “Bill ...

While a single answer still eludes us, mathematicians were at least able to figure out the upper and lower limits of the anime superpermutation. Spoiler alert: that would be a ton of binge-watching.

Chinese mathematician Wang Hong has solved an “infamous” geometry problem called the Kakeya conjecture within three dimensions. It is considered a breakthrough that could have implications for ...