Christopher Havens came upon his love of math while in solitary confinement. A decade later, he published a paper on number theory in a top mathematics journal.

How could big algebras strengthen the link between quantum physics and number theory, two fields of mathematics seemingly worlds apart? Firstly, the math behind quantum physics makes extensive use ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, connects quantum ...

Christopher Havens came upon his love of math while in solitary confinement. A decade later, he published a paper on number theory in a top mathematics journal.

To grasp the magnitude of this work, it is essential to understand the proposition of Robert Langlands, a Canadian mathematician who suggested in the 1960s the possibility of hidden and complex ...

Number theory is an ancient field of mathematics, with origins in Euclid’s Elements, written around 300 BCE. Describing number theory in the book’s preface, Weissman writes, “The problems in this book ...