Fan Chung, who has an Erdős number of 1, discusses the importance of connection — both human and mathematical.

So he becomes… an accountant. Wait, what? Don’t characters who feel the cold, clammy hand of mortality creeping up their backs tend to do something more creative, more unconventional with their lives?

Messages can solve simple math equations like "2+2=" by typing them into the text field. The app can also solve equations ...

By extending the scope of a key insight behind Fermat’s Last Theorem, four mathematicians have made great strides toward ...