Aryabhata is considered one of the great mathematicians and astronomers of ancient India. He presented the concept of zero as a placeholder and developed a decimal system upon which modern arithmetic ...

In 1900, mathematician David Hilbert presented his colleagues with a list of problems he believed both captured the present state of mathematics and the shape of its future. This year, 125 years later ...

Numbers like pi, e and phi often turn up in unexpected places in science and mathematics. Pascal's triangle and the Fibonacci sequence also seem inexplicably widespread in nature. Then there's the ...

This page provides an overview of the remarkable work of Scott W. Williams, PhD, Emeritus Professor, UB Mathematics. Dr. Williams joined our faculty in 1971, as Assistant Professor of Mathematics. In ...

A Times investigation examines how Downtown LA Law Group, a firm at the center of L.A. County’s historic settlement over sex abuse in government facilities, rapidly amassed thousands of clients and ...