Eriko Hironaka's Favorite Theorem
The math book editor and professor emerita describes the theorem that made her believe she could be a mathematician and the music that pairs best with it
Roots of Unity
Mathematics: learning it, doing it, celebrating it.
Household Chores for Mathematicians
Need a babysitter? Ask a combinatorialist. Baseboards dirty? A number theorist won't mind cleaning them. And other highly scientific recommendations for mathematicians to handle the housework
Dusa McDuff's Favorite Theorem
Dusa McDuff explains why she loves the nonsqueezing theorem—and what vegetable she'd pair it with
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The 1-Dimensional Sphere
There’s more to the circle than meets the π
An Interview with Yours Truly
What advice do I have for graduate students? Tl;dr: It's okay to get help
The Joy of Sexagesimal Floating-Point Arithmetic
One eighth equals seven and thirty in this strange base 60 world
Jordan Ellenberg's Favorite Theorem
The University of Wisconsin mathematician loves Fermat's little theorem and knows just the right cheese to pair with it
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Real Projective Plane
How to make parallel lines converge
Don't Fall for Babylonian Trigonometry Hype
Separating fact from speculation in math history
Emille Davie Lawrence's Favorite Theorem
Why the University of San Francisco math professor loves the compact surface classification theorem
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