At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical way of thinking into the world of physics. At the time, physicists ...

Cantor, G. (1891) On an Elementary Question in the Theory of Manifolds. In Ewald, W.B., Ed., From Immanuel Kant to David Hilbert A Source Book in the Foundations of Mathematics, Vol. 2, Oxford ...

Cantor, G. (1874) On a Property of the Set of All Real Algebraic Numbers. In Ewald, W.B., Ed., From Immanuel Kant to David Hilbert A Source Book in the Foundations of Mathematics, Vol. 2, Oxford ...

Selected Publications. History and Philosophy of Mathematics. Hilbert’s Programs: 1917-22; Bulletin of Symbolic Logic 5 (1), 1999, 1-44. Beyond Hilbert’s Reach?; in: Reading Natural Philosophy - ...

In the 1920s, German mathematician David Hilbert devised a thought experiment known as Hilbert’s Infinite Hotel to illustrate the strange and paradoxical properties that can arise from infinity. At ...

Award-winning mathematician Professor Zhong Xiao has departed Finland after nearly three decades, bringing his foundational research critical to artificial intelligence back to China. Zhong, a ...

On a weekend in mid-May, a clandestine mathematical conclave convened. Thirty of the world’s most renowned mathematicians traveled to Berkeley, Calif., with some coming from as far away as the U.K.

In 1986 Belgian mathematician Jean Bourgain posed a seemingly simple question that continued to puzzle researchers for decades. No matter how you deform a convex shape—consider shaping a ball of ...

David Ignatius writes a twice-a-week foreign affairs column for The Washington Post. His latest novel is “Phantom Orbit.” ...

David Andrews retires from Patriots, NFL 01:34. After a decade of snapping the football for the New England Patriots and two Super Bowl championships, David Andrews has retired from the NFL.

The Holy Father is thought to be the first math major to become pope – and math aficionados say it’s about time.

Mathematicians have not found proof so far, but new data continues to support these guesses. George Woltman , a computer scientist, founded the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, or GIMPS, in 1996.