"Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in this world for ugly mathematics," wrote British number theorist Godfrey Hardy in 1941. Illustration by Traci Daberko In arts or literature, ...

Many people are interested in mathematics, or at least interested in the idea of being interested in math. But for too many people, they find math daunting. But it needn’t be so. Yes, there is jargon ...

Mathematicians and physicists often boast about their ‘Erdős number’, defined by their degrees of separation from him in ...

In his recent book, "The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions," political scientist Andrew Hacker argues, among other things, that we should not require high school students to take algebra. Part of ...

Mathematician Carlos Castillo-Chavez says that pi is so important to math that using its simple, geometric definition denies its greater powers. "[Pi] brings you into the world of mathematics, which ...

National Mathematics Day is celebrated every year on December 22 to mark the birth anniversary of India’s legendary mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The day is observed across schools and colleges ...