Wall Street excels at selling things — but the academic-industrial-finance complex’s reputation for sophisticated mathematics is a myth. The financial industry uses mathematics in a manner that would ...

Math can be a little tricky for some students, but a Kitchener teen wants to build a math wall he hopes will help kids improve their math skills. Lazar Paroski, 14, received a grant from the ...

When you think about the typical Wall Street trader, you probably picture a fast-talking Wolf of Wall Street type. But guess what? They are rapidly being replaced by "quants" -- soft-spoken super ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. As Edward Frenkel sees it, the way we teach math in schools today is about as ...