In new research, mathematicians have narrowed down one of the biggest outstanding problems in math. Huge breakthroughs in math and science are usually the work of many people over many years. Seven ...

Ian Stewart's Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems is an entertaining and fresh look at some of the most vexing problems facing the field of mathematics. We asked him to pick the ...

He solved one of the hardest problems in mathematics — a million-dollar challenge that had defeated everyone for decades. Then, without taking the prize, the fame, or the spotlight… he vanished. This ...