Every year on December 22, India observes National Mathematics Day to commemorate the birth of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a mathematician whose life and work continue to hover between legend and rigorous ...

We explore the Hardy–Ramanujan number to explain two things about the legendary Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, on ...

THIS is far from being a mere reprint of the first edition; in fact, it is in great part a new work, which, in conjunction with Tannery's critical edition of the “Arithmetica,” makes Diophantus at ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1994, an earthquake of a proof shook up the mathematical world. The mathematician Andrew Wiles had finally settled Fermat’s Last ...

Where to watch Fermat no Ryōri episode 1? TV Asahi, Hokkaido TV, and ABC TV will broadcast Fermat no Ryōri episode 1 on Japanese television and follow a weekly schedule, with new episodes following ...

In 1994, an earthquake of a proof shook up the mathematical world. The mathematician Andrew Wiles had finally settled Fermat’s Last Theorem, a central problem in number theory that had remained open ...

Hedge fund Fermat Capital Management expects the market for catastrophe bonds to grow 20% this year, as a product based on disasters gains ground in a world increasingly shaped by extreme weather, ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the ...

Fermat Capital Management, one of the world’s biggest investors in catastrophe bonds, says anxiety about this year’s hurricane season has already left a meaningful dent on returns. “Returns in May ...