Math

Newly-discovered Einstein letter surfaces in Tel Aviv, reveals praise for Jewish assistant

The letter has not yet been authenticated but is most likely genuine, according to external expert opinion given to TPS-IL.

Albert Einstein's letter, discovered by Tel Aviv’s Gnazim Institute, the world’s largest archive of Hebrew literature, November 2025.
Prof. Ross Pinsky teaches a class at the Technion.

Ross Pinsky: Discovering the beauty of the world via mathematics

 Israel's National Mathematics Team has achieved its most successful result in the country's history of participation in the International Mathematical Olympiad.

Israel achieves historic best at International Mathematical Olympiad, securing 6th place globally

 Israeli team takes gold at European Mathematical Olympiad

Israeli high schoolers win two gold medals at European Math Olympiad


Israeli team invents automated method to summarize texts

With the right business partner, the patented technology solution is expected to be on the market soon.

Prof. Mark Last

Book review: A ‘computer’ who broke the ‘ceiling’

In ‘Reaching for the Moon,’ a NASA mathematician who broke the color barrier surveys her career

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NASA mathematician Katherine G. Johnson in 2015.

MIT and Israeli universities join forces to research STEM with new fund

The fund will grant awards of up to $30,000.

Haploid human embryonic stem cells

New Bedouin math project aims to reduce social gaps in math studies

The project, the first-ever Social Impact Bond (SIB) of its kind, will focus on promoting math studies as a way to decrease social inequality.

STREET SCENE in Rahat, a Bedouin city in the southern Negev.

The Israeli who solved a 200-year old math equation

With the possibility of winning $1,000,000 from the Clay Mathematics Institute for solving a millennial problem, Davidi and Georgiev invite experts to read their proof and attempt to refute it.

Mathematical equations (Illustrative)

NY teen wins $250k for his math model based on Israeli farmers' research

Using disease data and weather patterns gathered from farmers in Israel, the student was able to predict where the spores from the late blight genome would spread.

New York student Benjy Firester

Alex Lubotzky wins Israel Prize for math, computers

The prize committee wrote that Prof. Lubotzky is one of the world’s leading researchers in group theory.

Hebrew University campus

International Mathematical Olympiad to pick winners at Ariel University

The mathematics competition will conclude on Wednesday.

Participants in Ariel University’s annual Mathematics Olympiad pose at the school in Samaria this week.