Pure mathematics is the pursuit of abstract structures and relationships, independent of immediate applications, yet underpinned by rigorous proof and logical coherence. Its chief domains include ...

What is pure mathematics? What do pure mathematicians do? Why is pure mathematics important? These are questions I’m often confronted with when people discover I do pure mathematics. I always manage ...

When British mathematician Sir Andrew J. Wiles was awarded the Abel Prize Laureate in math on 15 March for cracking a centuries-old hypothesis, a friend asked me, “Why did he get the prize, and will ...

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One of the world's great mathematicians, died in Cork 150 years ago this week, a thinker whose work paved the way for digital computing and modern electronic devices of all kinds. George Boole, who ...