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When British mathematician Sir Andrew J. Wiles was awarded the Abel Prize Laureate in math on 15 March for cracking a centuries-old hypothesis, a friend asked me, “Why did he get the prize, and will ...

Ahead of International Mathematics Day, South Africa faces a maths crisis: only one in three matriculants took pure Mathematics in 2025, while pass rates and distinctions continue to fall. Historical ...