First Proof is an effort to see whether LLMs can contribute meaningfully to pure mathematics research. The dust has settled on round one, and the results are surprising ...

You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...

For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...

If pure math can teach us anything, it’s this: occasionally, your special interest might just change the world. For Joshua Zahl and Hong Wang, that special interest was the Kakeya conjecture. “I read ...

Ahead of International Mathematics Day, South Africa faces a maths crisis: only one in three matriculants took pure Mathematics in 2025, while pass rates and distinctions continue to fall. Historical ...

Encounter the beauty of discovery and the power of mathematics and statistics to describe the world. In the mathematics and statistics department, you will be nurtured within a supportive community of ...