More often than not, at the end of the day (or a month, or a year), you realize that your initial idea was wrong, and you have to try something else. These are the moments...

It was as though applied mathematics was my spouse, and pure mathematics was my secret lover.

People tend to think that mathematicians always work in sterile conditions, sitting around and staring at the screen of a computer, or at a ceiling, in a pristine office. But in fact, some of the...

Where there is no mathematics, there is no freedom.

How to describe the excitement I felt when I saw this beautiful work and realized its potential? I guess it’s like when, after a long journey, suddenly a mountain peak comes in full view. You...

That’s because, if correct, a mathematical formula expresses an eternal truth about the universe. Hence no one can claim ownership of it; it is ours to share. Rich or poor, black or white, young or...