Mathematics

Stanislas Leibler, Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Other elected Members and Visitors include Ian Agol (2015–16), Vladimir Drinfeld (1990, 1997, 1998), Wayne Hu (1995–2000), Igor...

On Friday, May 6, the Institute for Advanced Study will host a public event, “Celebrating Emmy Noether,” which will take place at 5:30 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall on the Institute campus.

The event will feature talks on the work and life of Emmy Noether...

Three computer scientists, Nikhil Srivastava, former Visitor in the School of Mathematics; Adam Marcus, former von Neumann Fellow in the School; and Daniel Spielman have solved a longstanding problem initially posed by former Institute Members Richa...

Frequent Director's Visitor Siobhan Roberts considers errors in mathematics with Professor Vladimir Voevodsky, discussing how his experience confirming a mistake within his own influential proof led him to employ a “proof assistant”—a computer...

Maryam Mirzakhani, former Member in the School of Mathematics, is profiled and interviewed by Quanta after winning a Fields Medal in 2014, the first woman and Iranian to do so.

Julie Rehmeyer of Scientific American discusses Professor Vladimir Voevodsky's revolutionary address at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, writing:

Voevodsky told mathematicians that their lives are about to change. Soon enough, they’re going to find...

“I didn’t think it was math, just something fun to do,” says Jim Simons, IAS Trustee and Member (1972) in the School of Mathematics. An only child, he was contemplative by nature and enjoyed pondering mathematical ideas. “I think there’s a quality of just being able to get lost in thought that is pretty good for math,” he says.