Mathematics

INTERVIEW

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon: Innovation driven by ambition

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, president of the European Research Council, discusses the case for funding high-risk projects and the need to help society understand the transformative power of science

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Science olympics

A place for girls in mathematics

A girls-only competition seeks to create a more welcoming environment for female talent in the subject

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Profile

Learning to save

Brazilian living in the United States pushes for financial education in public schools

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Retrospect

A physicist with a passion for light

Sérgio Porto played an important role in the introduction and application of laser technology in several fields in Brazil

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Obituary

A devout mathematician

Maurício Peixoto was one of the founders of IMPA

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mathematics

The first woman to win the Abel Prize

American mathematician Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck is the first woman to win the Abel Prize, one of the most important awards in mathematics

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Interview

Francisco de Assis Costa: The multiple faces of the Amazon

Economist points out the diversity of productive structures and the role of peasants dating back to the eighteenth century

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Zoology

Bees capable of adding and subtracting

Apis mellifera bees can learn to recognize quantities

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History

Roughly 1.5 million Jews killed in just three months

Between August and October of 1942, at the height of Operation Reinhard, 500,000 Jews per month were taken to concentration camps and killed in occupied Poland

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Cover

Mimicking the brain

Artificial intelligence as a scientific field was borne from mathematical studies in the 1940s

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Mathematics

Fields Medal winners

Four researchers are awarded the most prestigious prize in mathematics at a congress in Rio de Janeiro

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INTERVIEW

Marcelo Viana: A difficult equation

The director of IMPA talks about Brazil's entry into the international elite of mathematics research, and math education problems in the country's schools

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Mathematics

Brazil among the world’s mathematical heavyweights

In January, the International Mathematical Union (IMU) approved the country's promotion into group 5,

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Marcelo Viana

Marcelo Viana: A mathematician 30 hours a day

Impa's director talks about Brazil's entry in the elite group in mathematics

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Breakthrough

Breakthrough Prize winners

The Prize announced its 2018 winners

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mathematics

Trigonometry on a 3700-year-old tablet from Babylon

Trigonometry on a 3700-year-old tablet from Babylon

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Obituary

An expert on curved spaces

Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman to win the Fields Medal

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Good practices

Complaint delays award in Germany

Complaint delays award in Germany

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Physics

The behavior of blackouts

Mathematical models help us understand how successive failures cause blackouts

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Atmospherical Sciences

The chaotic mathematics of whirlwinds

Computational model forecasts the stages of whirlwinds

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Good Practices

Questioning statistics

Questioning statistics

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15th FCW prize

FCW prizewinners

Mathematician Jacob Palis and composer Edu Lobo are the winners

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Careers

Mr. Math

Mechanical engineer gave up teaching to open an applied mathematics company

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Interconnectivity

Traffic on the net

System enables vehicles to exchange information about urban traffic

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Thomas Lewinsohn

Thomas Lewinsohn: Amplitude to think

Ecologist integrates evolution and physical and mathematical models

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Careers

Efficient communication

Mathematician acquired new communication skills after FameLab

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MATHEMATICS

Virtual sieve

System compares the performance of soccer players and helps identify talents

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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

Communicator talent show

Science communication competition arrives in Brazil

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Artur Ávila

Artur Ávila: The man who calculates

Brazilian receives the Fields Medal, the most important mathematics award

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Mathematics

A formula that worked

Flexibility and internationalization are part of IMPA's success

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