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Before enrolling at the University of Chicago in 2009, Olga Turanova and Jessica Lin had heard that graduate students in mathematics enjoy a special feeling of community here. "It certainly is true," ...

This article offers a social and geographical network analysis of all attested works, authors, and practitioners in the mathematical sciences in China over the period of disunion and reunification ...

(1) AMONGST the various handbooks published each year mention may be made of the “Annuaire”, published by the French Bureau of Longitudes, and “The Observer's Handbook” of the Royal Astronomical ...

Most of us have a general idea as to why today is Feb. 29 instead of March 1, but until this morning, I, at least, had not been well steeped in the nitty-gritty details (or had forgotten them from ...

A gravitational lens can do more than reveal details of the distant universe. In an unexpected collision of astrophysics and algebra, it seems that this cosmic mirage can also be used to peer into the ...