The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The world of mathematics is full of unreachable corners, where unsolvable problems live. Now, yet another has been exposed. In 1900, the ...

In 1900, at the grand amphitheater of the Sorbonne in Paris, David Hilbert stood before a crowd of mathematicians and delivered a speech that would echo through the next century. He outlined 10 — and ...

Mathematicians have recentlysolved a problem that has eluded scientists for over 125 years, bridging three key theories that describe the motion of fluids. This milestone addresses a long-standing ...

Hilbert-type integral inequalities form an essential class of inequalities in mathematical analysis that originate from the classical inequality introduced by David Hilbert. These inequalities have ...