Perhaps the most beautiful aspect of mathematics is that it applies to literally everything, even things that do not exist in ...

In the fall of 2014, Andrew Wilson took a front-row seat in Ken Ono’s number-theory class at Emory University, in Atlanta. Wilson was not only double-majoring in applied math and physics; he was also ...

John C. Urschel is an assistant professor in the MIT Math Department and a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. He previously played for the Baltimore Ravens. This interview has been ...

Integer linear programming can help find the answer to a variety of real-world problems. Now researchers have found a much faster way to do it. Inspired by the results of a game-playing neural network ...