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Four Field Medals awarded in Philadelphia
At the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia, Fields Medals were awarded to Hong Wang, Yu Deng, John Pardon, and Jacob Tsimerman. Awarded every four years, the 90-year-old prize is widely regarded as the highest honour in mathematics.
2026 International Mathematical Olympiad Results Announced
China topped the medal table at the 67th International Mathematical Olympiad, the premier annual world maths championship for high school students, which this year was held in Shanghai. Seven students achieved a perfect score a 42 – and for the first time, an AI model was judged to have taken a clean sweep as well.
100 Great Mathematical Quotes
With all the greats from Cantor to Gauss, from Plato all the way to Marcus du Sautoy, not to mention Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell, and even members of our own society, here are 100 of the greatest, most inspirational, or just plain funny mathematical quotes.
2026 International Mathematical Olympiad: The questions
As the ‘contest days’ at the 67th International Mathematical Olympiad in Shanghai come to a close, we take a look at the recently-released IMO 2026 maths problems. Can you solve them?
Fibonacci Day
23 November
One of the biggest mathematical holidays of the year, Fibonacci Day is celebrated on 23 November. In the date format used by the United States among others, the 23th of November is written as 11/23, a Fibonacci sequence.
