Python is convenient and flexible, yet notably slower than other languages for raw computational speed. The Python ecosystem has compensated with tools that make crunching numbers at scale in Python ...

athematics is, at its core, an art. Like painters, musicians or writers, mathematicians create and explore new worlds. They ...

Alan Veliz-Cuba has received funding from the Simons Foundation and the American Mathematical Society for some of his research. You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an ...

Mathematics majors study the relationships between numbers, structures and patterns. Their classes range from algebra to statistics, and the concepts build on one another. Students learn skills like ...

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On a sultry evening last July, a tall, soft-spoken 17-year-old named David Stoner and nearly 600 other math whizzes from all over the world sat huddled in small groups around wicker bistro tables, ...