This is a story about keeping the faith in a discipline not exactly known for its religiosity: mathematics. The field of arithmetic statistics — the study of statistical patterns in arithmetic objects such as number fields, class groups, and elliptic...
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The International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) has awarded the 2026 Shiing-Shen Chern Medal in Mathematics to Harvard Merton Professor of Mathematics Horng-Tzer Yau. Yau was chosen for his groundbreaking contributions to mathematical physics and random matrix theory. This includes...
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We are pleased to bring you this short documentary exploring the depth and creativity of our department. Special thanks to everyone who was part of this project!
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We are pleased to present this short film about mathematics at Harvard! The film was created as part of ICM TV for the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2026 held in Philadelphia, PA this July. Combining films like this with...
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Congratulations to former Harvard math Junior Fellow, Jacob Tsimerman, currently professor of mathematics at the University of Toronto, for receiving one of the four 2026 Fields Medals! Tsimerman is a number theorist best known for his work on the André-Oort...
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