open search form

News tagged with 'mathematics' RSS Icon Subscribe via RSS

Caltech Faculty Honored with New Horizons Prizes
04/20/2026

Caltech Faculty Honored with New Horizons Prizes

Whitney Clavin

Vesselin Dimitrov and Kimmy Wu honored for physics and math research

Vesselin and Kimmy headshots
The Pasadena Math Pipeline
04/02/2026

The Pasadena Math Pipeline

Ann Motrunich

Thanks to a recent partnership between the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) and Caltech, as many as five high school juniors and seniors in the district's Math Academy now have the opportunity to join the Institute's first-year math core courses (Math 1 a, b, and c) each year.

Pasadena High School students Jacob Monson (left) and Lucas Kittle at Caltech.
Three Professors Named 2026 Sloan Fellows
02/17/2026

Three Professors Named 2026 Sloan Fellows

Elias Most, Huy Tuan Pham, and Lingfu Zhang have been selected to receive the 2026 Sloan Research Fellowship.

Three professors in a collage of images.
Economics Puzzle Leads to a New Understanding of a Fundamental Law of Physics
02/05/2026

Economics Puzzle Leads to a New Understanding of a Fundamental Law of Physics

Whitney Clavin

The research provides a deeper understanding of the Boltzmann distribution.

A pair of "crazy dice" with numbers that different from those of normal dice.
The Math of Universality
12/12/2025

The Math of Universality

Whitney Clavin

A conversation with new mathematics faculty member Lingfu Zhang.

Lingfu sitting on a green modern chair.
How Caltech Analysts Power the Dodgers Dynasty
08/25/2025

How Caltech Analysts Power the Dodgers Dynasty

Andrew Moseman

Alums Grace Peng and Ryan Casey leverage their computer science backgrounds to help the storied franchise make winning decisions.

Grace Peng and Ryan Casey stand on the field at Dodger Stadium
Tom Hutchcroft Honored by London Mathematical Society
07/22/2025

Tom Hutchcroft Honored by London Mathematical Society

Whitney Clavin

Tom Hutchcroft, the Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Mathematics at Caltech, has received the 2025 Whitehead Prize from the London Mathematical Society.

Tom Hutchcroft
Undergraduate Michael Manta Named Knight-Hennessy Scholar
05/27/2025

Undergraduate Michael Manta Named Knight-Hennessy Scholar

Julia Ehlert Nair

Michael Manta, a fourth-year undergraduate in mathematics, has been awarded the prestigious Knight-Hennessy scholarship for graduate studies at Stanford University.

Michael Manta
AI Program Plays the Long Game to Solve Decades-Old Math Problems
02/13/2025

AI Program Plays the Long Game to Solve Decades-Old Math Problems

Whitney Clavin
A Caltech-led team has developed a new machine-learning algorithm to solve two families of problems related to a decades-old math problem.
A collage of a chessboard against the sky with clouds
For the Love of Partial Differential Equations: A Conversation with Franca Hoffmann
11/15/2024

For the Love of Partial Differential Equations: A Conversation with Franca Hoffmann

Cynthia Eller
Mathematician Franca Hoffmann brings to Caltech her expertise in applied mathematics and data analysis, along with a passion for teaching and interdisciplinary investigations.
Franca Hoffmann, with long light brown hair and glasses, wearing a white scarf and a light blue sweater, stands outside Beckman Auditorium on the Caltech campus.
aria-label 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9