Algebra provides the formal framework to describe mathematical structures such as groups, rings and fields, while number theory investigates the properties of integers and their extensions. At their ...

The theory of universal quadratic forms centres on those homogeneous polynomials of degree two in several variables that represent every nonnegative integer (or every totally positive element in a ...

Foundations of Algebra emphasizes computing with whole numbers and fractions, decimals, and integers; solving word problems with whole numbers, fractions, decimals and integers; solving basic linear ...

“It was just so stunning for someone so young to have done something so revolutionary,” said Weinstein, a 34-year-old number theorist now at Boston University. “It was extremely humbling.” ...

Four Fields Medals were awarded for major breakthroughs in geometry, combinatorics, statistical physics and number theory, even as mathematicians continued to wrestle with how computers are changing ...