Thursday, May 23, 2013
Belgian Mathematician Wins Abel Prize for Shaping Algebraic Geometry
Pierre Deligne netted the prize, one of the most prestigious in mathematics and worth about $1 million, for proving a deep conjecture about algebraic geometry which has helped to transform number theory and related fields.
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Monday, May 06, 2013
Kenneth I. Appel, Mathematician Who Harnessed Computer Power, Dies at 80
Kenneth I. Appel, who helped usher the venerable mathematical proof into the computer age, solving a longstanding problem concerning colors on a map with the help of an I.B.M. computer making billions of decisions, died on April 19 in Dover, N.H. He was 80.
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Wednesday, February 06, 2013
48th Known Mersenne Prime Found!
On January 25th, the largest known prime number, 257,885,161-1, was discovered on Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) volunteer Curtis Cooper's computer. The new prime number, 2 multiplied by itself 57,885,161 times, less one, has 17,425,170 digits.
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