ABSTRACT In order to discuss the temporal structure of mathematical research, this essay offers four related definitions of a mathematical object from different times and places. It is argued that in ...

Hidden Oaks Middle School seventh-grade AP math students recently took on a math problem of giant proportions. The students were asked to figure out how big everyday objects would have to be for Paul ...

When Lisa Piccirillo solved a decades-old mystery about the “Conway knot,” she had to overcome the knot’s uncanny ability to hoodwink some of the most powerful tools mathematicians have devised. Known ...