Searching for the largest prime number is the most common hobby among amateur and professional mathematicians globally. There are two projects that the seekers of the solution usually become a part of in their pursuit. One is the Prime Grid, which uses the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing(BOINC) and is[Read More…]
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9 scientists win 2019 Breakthrough Prize
San Francisco: The Breakthrough Prize Foundation announced nine recipients of the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in recognition of their important achievements in the fields of fundamental physics, life sciences and mathematics. The Foundation will award a total of $21 million to the nine winners. It is considered the most generous science[Read More…]
Indian-Australian wins Nobel Fields Medal in mathematics
An Indian-born, Australian-raised mathematics genius Akshay Venkatesh is among the four recipients of this year’s Fields Medal. He received it for his profound contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects in mathematics. Delhi-born Venkatesh, 36, was the youngest ever student to attend the University of Western Australia at the[Read More…]
Make mathematics optional in Class X exam: Bombay HC suggests boards
In a major relief to students who doesn’t like mathematics at all, the Bombay high court suggested that all education boards should consider making the subject an optional for school certificate examinations on Monday. A bench of Justice VM Kanade and Justice AM Badar observed that students who chose to[Read More…]
PSEB exam results out: Girls outshine boys; more than 28% fail in Maths
The results of the Class X exams of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) were declared on Tuesday showing the girls surpassing the boys. Significantly, the pass percentage of girls’ was 63.97, much more than the boys’ whose number stood at 52.35 per cent. The overall pass percentage was 57.5.[Read More…]
Maryam Mirzakhani becomes the first woman to win the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics”
Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman in 78 years to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal, considered the highest honour in mathematics. She was awarded for “stunning advances in the theory of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces.” on Wednesday. The Fields Medal is awarded to stalwart mathematicians under 40[Read More…]