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

Madonna Yoder ’17 studied rocks at MIT. But her passion is for paper—with no scissors. Today, she’s a tessellation expert who ...

You may draw examples from Miguel Secillano, Terence Tao, or even from Shakuntala Devi, all you want – but if getting your ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...

By providing targeted supports and instruction, teachers can help students with dyscalculia find more comfort and success in ...

How many triangles can you count in this image? It’s harder than it looks and bound to baffle even the sharpest of brains for ...

Theoretical mathematician Lauren K. Williams is the second woman in Harvard’s history to get tenure in the math department ...

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With CAT 2026 scheduled for November 30, experts share strategies to help candidates overcome math anxiety and excel in the Quant section.

Contributing Writer for The Prospect Leia Pei talks to student designer Vivian Chang ’28 about the role of fashion in the ...

Gonzaga knows what it has in its starters. Diagne is the swing piece who adds length, force, and upside in the paint.

Einstein was a great thinker who made plenty of mistakes—errors that sometimes led to more meaningful discoveries in physics, ...