Math

Wolf Foundation, Herzog announce 2026 Wolf Prize Laureates in medicine, physics, chemistry, math

President Isaac Herzog and Acting Chair of the Wolf Foundation Council, Prof. Osnat Luxenburg, announced the eight Wolf Prize winners at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.

 The Wolf Foundation logo
The children's learning ability has weakened a bit.

5 games that will bring back children's math knowledge before returning to school

A student taking an exam

Years of slipping test results: What’s dragging down US students?

A general view of the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, November 15, 2025.

Great Pyramid of Giza was built over course of 20 years, using multiple ramps, new study claims


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.