A viral video showing students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology clapping for a math professor during his last lecture has social media in a stir, for good reasons, of course. Gilbert ...

Linear algebra is rarely described as popular, but rarely does a mathematician portray it in a different, illuminating light. That is certainly one reason Gilbert Strang’s linear algebra lectures are ...

KALAMAZOO—A noted scholar from Rice University will examine how matrix theory can uncover obscure relationships among members of a social network when he speaks later this month at Western Michigan ...

Representation theory was initially dismissed. Today, it’s central to much of mathematics. When representation theory emerged in the late 19th century, many mathematicians questioned its worth. In ...