Why are there gaps in the asteroid belt? The answer can be found in dynamical systems, the branch of mathematics that deals with the evolution of chaotic systems over time. The field was the subject of a recent Harvard Radcliffe...
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Earlier today, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the 2025 MacArthur Fellows, recipients of the so-called “genius grant.” The Fellowship—including a generous stipend bestowed over the course of five years with no conditions—is awarded annually to talented...
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The Cabot Professor of Mathematics sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss life lessons from mathematics, the challenges of formulating good questions, and his work visualizing curved space. Professor Curtis T. McMullen received the 1998 Fields Medal, deemed the most...
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The Department of Mathematics launched the Benedict H. Gross Distinguished Visitors Program earlier this year thanks to a new gift from William R. Hearst III ’72. Each year, the department will invite a prominent mathematician from another institution to teach,...
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Earlier this month, the Simons Foundation announced the inaugural recipients of its Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics. Among the graduate student names were those of Harvard’s own Anda-Sorana Tenie and Matthew King. The fellowship—named in honor of foundation co-founder Jim...
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