Mathematically-interested students are invited to let their curiosity shine during Rose-Hulman's Sonia Math Day event March 21.

Abstract: Graph theory is a powerful tool for addressing problems involving discrete structures, such as determining the shortest length of connected river networks or the shortest distance between ...

In a world run by computers, there is one algorithm that stands above all the rest. It powers search engines, encrypts your data, guides rockets, runs simulations, and makes the modern digital ...

Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms. All of modern mathematics is built on ...

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...

Google antitrust case shows that the AI Overviews ranking process does not use links as part of the ranking process. A sharp-eyed search marketer discovered the reason why Google’s AI Overviews showed ...

Scanning the crowd at a fancy soiree may reveal a wide array of neckties, each fastened with a highly complex mathematical object masquerading as fashion. An entire field of mathematics is devoted to ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1994, an earthquake of a proof shook up the mathematical world. The mathematician Andrew Wiles had finally settled Fermat’s Last ...

Jane JaeYeon Pyo, a third-year Tepper School of Business doctoral student, has developed a way to measure the distances between financial statements and a novel method of interpreting them, offering a ...