Vincent Vargas is a French mathematician and Associate Professor at the University of Geneva. He earned his PhD in mathematics from Université Paris-Diderot under the supervision of Francis Comets.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by In her new play, Lauren Gunderson explores the legacy of the 18th-century French mathematician and philosophe Emilie du Châtelet. By Rhoda Feng ...

A British mathematician and the author of “Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature.” “Call me Ishmael.” This has to be one of the most famous opening sentences ...

OSLO (AP) — A Russian-born professor based in France has won the 6 million kroner ($930,000) Abel Prize for mathematics.The prize committee cites Mikhail Gromov's "revolutionary contributions to ...

There’s an old joke about the French: A guy gives a plan to a Frenchman. He looks at it, shakes his head and says, “Well, that probably works fine in practice, but how does it work in theory?” It’s a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Calculus is a powerful mathematical tool. But for hundreds of years after its invention in the 17th century, it stood on a shaky ...

French philosopher, mathematician, physicist and theologian Blaise Pascal (1623-1662). In 1654, the French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal explained the logic of believing in God, ...

The portly, balding sculptor-turned-architect must have drawn a few curious gazes as he set up a complicated painting apparatus in the corner of a Renaissance-era piazza. He planted his instrument, ...