How could big algebras strengthen the link between quantum physics and number theory, two fields of mathematics seemingly worlds apart? Firstly, the math behind quantum physics makes extensive use ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, connects quantum ...

The Riemann hypothesis is the most important open question in number theory—if not all of mathematics. It has occupied experts for more than 160 years. And the problem appeared both in ...

How String Theory Solved Math’s Monstrous Moonshine Problem A concept from theoretical physics helped confirm the strange connection between two completely different areas of mathematics ...

From that work, a useful set of quantities emerged that mathematicians began calling moments, after a term used in probability theory. In probability, moments can help you work out the distributions ...