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March 2026

Mar 28
The Formal Proof Revolution: How Lean Is Rebuilding the Foundations of Mathematics
research13 minAkhilesh Yadav
Mar 22
Gerd Faltings Wins the 2026 Abel Prize for Reshaping Arithmetic Geometry
news4 minAkhilesh Yadav
Mar 5
The Riemann Hypothesis: A 2026 Status Report
research11 minAkhilesh Yadav
Mar 1
The Mathematics of Self-Attention: Deconstructing the Transformer
ai-ml9 minAkhilesh Yadav

February 2026

Feb 15
The Most Beautiful Equation: Why Euler's Identity Captivates Mathematicians
essay8 minAkhilesh Yadav
Feb 10
The Geometry of Gradient Descent: Curvature, Saddle Points, and Loss Landscapes
ai-ml10 minAkhilesh Yadav
Feb 1
Ramanujan's Infinite Series for 1/π: Genius Without Proof
history7 minAkhilesh Yadav

January 2026

Jan 28
Spectral Methods for Solving Partial Differential Equations
applied7 minAkhilesh Yadav
Jan 15
Topological Data Analysis: Finding Shape in Data
research8 minAkhilesh Yadav
Jan 10
The Mathematics of Music: From Pythagoras to Fourier
essay6 minAkhilesh Yadav

December 2025

Dec 15
Monte Carlo Methods in Quantitative Finance
applied9 minAkhilesh Yadav
Dec 1
Elliptic Curve Cryptography: The Mathematics Protecting the Internet
applied9 minAkhilesh Yadav

November 2025

Nov 20
Emmy Noether and the Theorem That Changed Physics
history8 minAkhilesh Yadav
Nov 5
Information Geometry and Neural Networks
ai-ml10 minAkhilesh Yadav