As year-end exams come to a close, the pressure mounts for high school pupils and their families to decide whether to continue with Pure Mathematics or switch to Maths Literacy. This choice signifies ...

A branch of maths is being threatened by the focus of other subjects, a campaign has warned. 'Pure maths' is the popular subject in its most basic form. Demonstrated by the genius Alan Turing when he ...

As hard-pressed universities axe abstract study, the codebreaker’s great niece and top mathematicians are fighting back Almost exactly 80 years ago, British codebreakers made a crucial breakthrough.

University of Ibadan provides support as an endorsing partner of The Conversation AFRICA. It’s a problem because mathematics is the bedrock for the development of scientific reasoning. It’s taught at ...

Eugenia Cheng’s passion for theoretical mathematics is rivaled only by her love of food. In talks and in her book, How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics, the ...