The Poincaré conjecture has been in the news lately. Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman submitted a proof 3 years ago claiming that he had proved the famous conjecture. In August, he won a ...

For those whom the word “math” conjures up dreadful images from their days in middle-school algebra and high-school calculus, there is Knowre, a Korean start-up founded in 2012 that hopes to save ...

Quantitative literacy, the ability to interpret numerical data in the context of everyday life, is increasingly important, says Bernard L. Madison, a professor of mathematics at the University of ...