Rachmiel (Rocky) Klein had been planning on a PhD in Mathematics since late high school. Applying to programs right out of undergrad, he said, was “a very humbling experience;” while he was not ...

Math exam questions should not try too hard to appear "realistic" by adding everyday-life stories, because students would ...

Mathematics has its share of prodigies, but rarely does someone so young alter the shape of the field before even earning their first degree. At 17, Hannah Cairo, a homeschooled teenager, has ...