A Nigerian professor has claimed to have solved a maths conundrum that had stumped scholars for more than 150 years. Dr Opeyemi Enoch, from the Federal University in the ancient city of Oye Ekiti, ...

The real part (red) and imaginary part (blue) of the Riemann zeta function along the critical line Re(s) = 1/2. This is among the seven mathematical problems awaiting a solution. Wikipedia A Nigerian ...

Our cultural relationship with the world of mathematics is mythologised like no other academic discipline. While the natural sciences are seen to keep some roots planted in the soil of daily life, in ...

Researchers at the University of St Andrews are challenging people to claim $1m (£770,000) by finding the solution to a "simple" chess puzzle. Computer programmers would be able to pocket the cash, ...