By replacing the most fundamental concept in topology, Peter Scholze and Dustin Clausen are taking the first step in a far ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Jim Chappelow is an independent consulting economist with over 13 years of experience in economic development, research, teaching, forecasting, and consulting. David Kindness is a Certified Public ...

Three mathematicians have laid out proof that solves a long-standing problem in mathematics. Even the mathematician—an Abel prize winner—that first posed the problem didn't believe it would ever be ...

Making demographic comparisons across datasets and across time requires rigor and consistency in group definitions. Without this, one risks reporting change that is not real. Since some of our ...

David E. Dunning explores how mathematical notation is a social, world-building technology. It’s natural to think of math as being fundamentally abstract. Whether it’s invented or discovered, its ...

In March 2025, mathematician Daniel Litt made a bet. Despite the march of progress of artificial intelligence in many fields, he believed his subject was safe, wagering with a colleague that there was ...

Some functions are marked as pure in the docs but don't really follow the widely accepted definition of a pure function. Some functions don't alter the underlying event but the return won't be ...

In addition to ascertaining that the internal vitality of the mathematical sciences is excellent, as illustrated in Chapter 2, the current study found a striking expansion in the impact of the ...

For many of us, mathematics was not a subject to love—it was a subject to pass so we could progress to the next academic stage. Through years of conversations with executives, educators, parents, and ...

Matt Greene's new novel, "The Definitions," starts with a simple, relatable scene - new dormmates getting to know each other. It could be any college campus. But there is a dystopian backstory. These ...