Features from Maths Society where we discuss mathematics, its puzzles, problems and impacts.
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25 August 2026 / 1 September 2026 by Charlton C
The Hodge Conjecture, one of the Millennium Prize Problems, is one of the most profound unsolved mysteries in maths. It aims to bridge the two major mathematical fields of topology, the study of shapes and data structures, and algebraic geometry, the study of shapes defined by polynomial equations.
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11 August 2026 / 31 August 2026 by Ryan G
Lucky numbers are a perfect example of how humans turn something simple into something meaningful. From a mathematical perspective, numbers don’t have feelings, personalities, or luck attached to them. But people do, and for thousands of years we’ve been assigning meaning to certain digits based on culture, history, and personal experience.
28 July 2026 / 3 August 2026 by Nathan AG
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.
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21 July 2026 / 24 July 2026 by Charlton C
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.
21 July 2026 / 23 July 2026 by Charlton C
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.
16 July 2026 / 17 July 2026 by Charlton C
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?
15 July 2026 / 16 July 2026 by Charlton C
Shanghai is hosting the 67th International Mathematical Olympiad, the largest edition yet of the world championship maths competition for high school students. Nearly 700 competitors from over 110 countries and territories will compete over the coming days.
30 June 2026 / 7 July 2026 by Charlton C
The FIFA World Cup 2026 is one of the biggest, most renowned tournaments in sporting history. But just how much does the tournament, and football more generally, rely on the mathematical world?
2 June 2026 / 7 June 2026 by Charlton C
On 26 May, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awarded German mathematician Gerd Faltings, Director Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, the 2026 Abel Prize for his pioneering research into arithmetic geometry.
19 May 2026 / 2 June 2026 by Etti B
Why is it that if there are 23 people in a room, it is more likely than not that two of share share a birthday? A classic problem where probability breaks intuition.
