The Poincaré conjecture can be understood by analogy with the case in two dimensions. A two-dimensional space, or surface, is like a bubble made from an infinitely thin film of soap. If the bubble is ...
Two young mathematicians are illuminating a frontier in the study of rational solutions to polynomial equations: the cubics. According to one version of the story, Hippasus made this discovery at sea, ...
The never-knowingly-undersold Chinese news agency Xinhua is reporting that a team of Chinese scientists has solved Poincaré's Conjecture, one of the longest-outstanding mathematical problems that is ...