Years ago, an audacious Fields medalist outlined a sweeping program that, he claimed, could be used to resolve a major ...

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This story begins with one impossible number appearing worldwide. Every ancient site seems tied to it with shocking precision. Researchers struggle to explain how Stone Age builders knew it. The ...

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Hannah Cairo is in the first year of her mathematics graduate program at the University of Maryland. Like her peers, she does research and is a TA on campus. But unlike most Ph.D. students, Cairo is ...

After 27 years, the Berkeley Math Circle's flagship BMC-Upper program has shut down because the University of California, Berkeley implemented new background check rules requiring campus visitors to ...