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Ronald L. Graham, Who Unlocked the Magic of Numbers, Dies at 84

Travels with John Conway, in 258 Septillion Dimensions

Robert May, an Uncontainable ‘Big Picture’ Scientist, Dies at 84

Abel Prize in Mathematics Shared by 2 Trailblazers of Probability and Dynamics

The Exponential Power of Now

Lunch With Freeman Dyson, in 196,883 Dimensions

Freeman Dyson, Visionary Technologist, Is Dead at 96

This Professor’s ‘Amazing’ Trick Makes Quadratic Equations Easier

Louis Nirenberg, ‘One of the Great Mathematicians,’ Dies at 94

John T. Tate, Familiar Name in the World of Numbers, Dies at 94

Where Theory Meets Chalk, Dust Flies

How Many Triangles Are There? Here’s How to Solve the Puzzle

Why Mathematicians Hate That Viral Math Equation

That Vexing Math Equation? Here’s an Addition

The Math Equation That Tried to Stump the Internet

Mitchell Feigenbaum, Physicist Who Made Sense of Chaos, Dies at 74

Solving a Leafy Mathematical Mystery

The Eclipse That Made Einstein Famous

The Ins and Outs of Knit Theory

In Bubbles, She Sees a Mathematical Universe