Change a single number in a math problem, and a human who understands the underlying logic will still get the right answer.

Towering about the arches and ivy, 13-story Fine Hall is home to the Department of Mathematics and to some of the deepest thinkers on campus. "Our goal as a department is to work on the most ...

Many years ago, a friend showed me this bit of mathematical trivia that thrilled us both no end: And then there’s the one I believed, for a while, was my own totally innovative discovery (it wasn’t).

The first few years of school weren’t easy for RuoHan Chen. He had emigrated from China at age 4, just a few years before starting kindergarten. The language and culture were still new to him, which ...