THE world has lost by the death of Henri Poincare one of the greatest men who have lived in the present century, one who was equally at home in the domains of mathematics, mechanics, physics and ...

WHEN the brilliant French mathematician Henri Poincaré was not actually doing maths, he liked to think about the nature of mathematical creativity. Logic, he felt, was important, but it was not ...

The conjecture is named for French mathematician and physicist Henri Poincare, who proposed it in 1904. An analogous conjecture was proved for spaces of more than three dimensions over 20 years ago.

Henri Poincaré Episode 8 of 10 Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science: Henri Poincaré, maths and problems. Show more Download ...

France's first museum dedicated to the world of mathematics, Maison Poincaré, is the newest addition to Paris's Latin Quarter. The research-based venue, which opened its doors this week, is to be ...

Reclusive mathematician Grigory Perelman proved the Poincaré conjecture. But he refused a $1 million prize for solving this famous puzzle – in part because he believed he wasn’t the only one ...

Professor Antti Kupiainen was awarded the most important prize in mathematical physics, The Henri Poincaré Prize. Antti Kupiainen is honored for his pioneering contributions to quantum field theory, ...