Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 94, No. 1 (January 2017), pp. 37-54 (18 pages) This paper reports the results of an international comparative study on the nature of proof to be taught in ...

Having high school students prove geometrical propositions became the norm in the United States with the reforms of the 1890's - when geometry was designated as the place for students to learn the ...

Peter Scholze wants to rebuild much of modern mathematics, starting from one of its cornerstones. Now, he has received validation for a proof at the heart of his quest from an unlikely source: a ...

In work that has been 30 years in the making, mathematicians have proved a major part of a profound mathematical vision called the Langlands program. A group of nine mathematicians has proved the ...