Prize awarded for largest mathematical proof
The largest proof in mathematics is colossal in every dimension – from the 100-plus people needed to crack it to…
Category: Math stories
Stories about math and mathematicians.
Turning math into money
Mathematician Richard Hamilton was named a co-winner of the 2011 Shaw Prize for Mathematical Sciences. The honor comes with a…
Trig Shots
What's the hardest straight-in shot in pool? Mathematician tries to find out in this article for New Scientist. This article…
Million dollar math
My first feature was a piece about unsolved problems in mathematics, published in Discover in 2006. Read it here.
The Perfect Way to Slice a Pizza
Unsolved problems make for good stories. In this case, a couple of mathematicians cracked the little-known "Pizza Conjecture," a rigorous…
The Proof is in the Blogging
In 2006, shortly after Grigory Perelman famously refused the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré Conjecture, a mathematician…
Wallpaper for a Hyperbolic World
Frank Farris is a mathematician who has some wild ideas about wallpapering your hyperbolic house. I wrote about him for…