For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...
Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.
For over a decade, mathematicians have failed to agree whether a 500-page proof is actually correct. Now, translating the ...
Roger L. Brooks' novel, The Sacred Order, builds on The Da Vinci Code's formula, trading Opus Dei for the Franciscans. It ...
Mathematician Grigori Perelman solved the Poincaré conjecture, and then rejected the $1 million prize that came with it.