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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.
28 April 2026 / 5 May 2026 by Charlton C
The Collatz conjecture is one of the most infamous yet simple mathematical problems in the world. No one can seem to prove it, despite the attention of some of the world’s best mathematicians. So how does it work and why can’t we solve its mystery yet?
21 April 2026 / 5 May 2026 by Charlton C
We spend our whole lives moving around in three dimensions: up-down, left-right, and forward-backward. It’s so natural that we don’t even think about it. But in mathematics, there’s no rule saying you have to stop at three. In fact, mathematicians work with ‘n-dimensions’ all the time.
