Neal Koblitz is a mathematician who, starting in the 1980s, became fascinated by mathematical questions in cryptography. In his article "The Uneasy Relationship Between Mathematics and Cryptography," ...

Lately, more than 12 million people have been tuning in every Friday night to see the latest episode of the CBS TV series “Numb3rs.” The show debuted a year ago and now regularly ranks in the top ...

It sounds like a math phobic’s worst nightmare or perhaps Good Will Hunting for the ages. Those wacky folks at he the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have put out a research request it calls ...

Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or ...

JUST fifteen years ago we became aware, by the chance sight of a copy of the Educational Times, of the existence of a paper which gave up three or four pages monthly to the proposal and solution of ...