Quantum modular forms have emerged as a versatile framework that bridges classical analytic number theory with quantum topology and mathematical physics. Initially inspired by the pioneering work on ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1994, an earthquake of a proof shook up the mathematical world. The mathematician Andrew Wiles had finally settled Fermat’s Last ...

Using “refreshingly old” tools, mathematicians resolved a 50-year-old conjecture about how to categorize important functions called modular forms, with consequences for number theory and theoretical ...

A nonholomorphic modular form is one of the many types of objects in the LMFDB. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...