The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

A nonpartisan national council that analyzed the quality of the nation’s math teaching found Hawaii to be one of seven states with an “unacceptable” rating for math education. “We know how much ...

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THAT the late Prof. A. N. Whitehead's little volume should establish itself as a classic is not surprising. It was published in the "Home University Library" in 1911, was reprinted about eight times ...

Nick Trefethen, professor of applied mathematics in residence at Harvard University, will present the 2025 Russell E. Marker Lectures in Mathematics, collectively titled “Numerical Rational Functions, ...

Abstract: We have introduced a novel approach to competency-based education in mechatronics from the undergraduate to the postgraduate level. What distinguishes this approach is the integration of ...

In June, a 17-year-old fashion design student from a tiny Chinese village became a national sensation by beating thousands of elite graduates to reach the final of a prestigious global math contest.

I’m teaching Edinburgh’s undergraduate Axiomatic Set Theory course, and the axioms we’re using are Lawvere’s Elementary Theory of the Category of Sets — with the twist that everything’s going to be ...