Geometry
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Hong Wang wins 2026 Fields Medal for 3D Kakeya proof
Mathematician Hong Wang becomes the third woman to receive the Fields Medal, for solving the century-old Kakeya needle problem in three dimensions together with Joshua Zahl.
Do you think in words when solving an equation?
Neuroscience reveals that the brain processes mathematics through networks distinct from those of natural language, calling into question our understanding of mathematical cognition.
Mathematical code - Sagrada Família: Gaudí's secret finally revealed
A Barcelona mathematician discovers that the Sagrada Família is built on a 7.5-metre module and the proportions of the divisors of 12. Here's how.
This papyrus buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD was read unopened
Researchers have succeeded in reading a papyrus scroll charred by Vesuvius in 79 AD, using tomography, phase contrast, and artificial intelligence.
52 playing cards to learn astronomy and geometry
In the 17th century, Joseph Moxon and his son James published educational playing cards for learning astronomy, geometry and the art of carving.
Alexandre Grothendieck: the quest for mathematical language
A portrait of Grothendieck, a mathematical genius whose practice was intimately bound up with an aesthetics of language, from schemes to topoi.
Archimedes page found at Blois museum: palimpsest and ancient geometry
Victor Gysembergh has found a leaf from the Archimedes palimpsest, missing since 1906, hidden beneath an illumination of the prophet Daniel at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Blois.
Vedic mathematics: a history of ritual geometry and the Śulba Sūtras
Discover how Vedic rituals gave rise to some of the oldest geometric, arithmetic and algorithmic texts in human history.
Gothic cathedral symmetries: the mathematics of the Middle Ages
Discover how Gothic architects mastered symmetry to create geometric masterpieces in cathedrals, with orders of symmetry as high as 8.
Geometry as incarnation: Pascal and the primacy of figures
How Blaise Pascal favored figures over numbers, even solving combinatorial problems through the geometry of the arithmetic triangle.
Leibniz and the best of all possible worlds: mathematics and philosophy
How Leibniz uses mathematics to justify the existence of the best of all possible worlds through infinitesimal calculus, symmetry, and philosophy.
The three certainties on which Descartes built all of his physics
How Descartes built his philosophy on three certainties: the existence of the thinking subject, divine goodness, and mathematical rigor.
Biblical numbers: 40, 153 and π—meanings and mathematics
An exploration of the symbolic and mathematical meanings of 40, 153 and π in Scripture, from spiritual trials to calculating a circle's circumference.
Newton on space and the divine: a philosophical and historical analysis
Isaac Newton revolutionized our understanding of space by conceiving it as an absolute mathematical framework, distinct from the bodies within it.
The divine perspective: geometry and art in the Renaissance
How did Renaissance painters work around the vanishing point—a profane image of divine infinity—before projective geometry formalized their intuitions?
Determining the qibla: spherical trigonometry and direction to Mecca
Discover how Muslim tradition inspired elegant mathematical solutions for finding the direction of Mecca, combining spherical geometry and astronomy.
EGMO 2026 Bordeaux: 260 girls shake up math
The European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad brought together 260 participants from around the world in Bordeaux for the 15th edition of this competition dedicated to promoting girls in mathematics.
Gladys West: the mathematician who made GPS possible
A portrait of Gladys West, the African-American mathematician whose geodetic models enabled the development of modern GPS.
Two locally identical yet different tori break 150 years of geometry
Two tori plainly impossible to tell apart locally yet topologically distinct: a discovery that breaks a rule geometry has accepted for 150 years.
Michèle Audin: mathematician, writer and Oulipian
Michèle Audin's life brought together several forms of commitment. Professional mathematician, writer, social and political activist: every strand was intertwined with and enriched the others.