Math

The mathematics professor’s lectures are often compared to magic shows, with floating balls and spinning tops used to demonstrate complex concepts. But unlike an illusionist’s sleight of hand, Tadashi Tokieda’s tricks are designed to be both transparent and reproducible.

Imagining a situation where all the games in the NCAA basketball tournament have to be played sequentially in the same arena, mathematical geneticist Noah Rosenberg asks: In how many possible sequences can these games be played?

A Stanford University study shows chaos reigns earlier in midlatitude weather models as temperatures rise. The result? Climate change could be shifting the limits of weather predictability and pushing reliable 10-day forecasts out of reach.

Dancing droplets of food coloring housed in hand-drawn lattices could reveal the inner-workings of advanced materials and complex natural systems.

A new statistical model built on Stanford research generates more nuanced predictions for complicated events. The Washington Post ran this model during the 2020 presidential election and plans to use it for future elections.

A new model of disease spread describes how competing economic and health incentives influence social contact – and vice versa. The result is a complex and dynamic epidemic trajectory.

Chatterjee's significant contributions in pure and applied mathematics range from social networks to quantum mechanics.

A team of Stanford undergraduate students beat teams from hundreds of other institutions across the United States and Canada.

Mathematics Professor Akshay Venkatesh won the Fields Medal, the most prestigious prize in mathematics. He is known as someone with broad expertise who has contributed to many areas of math.

Tadashi Tokieda is known for developing and sharing tricks and toys that question our assumptions about math and physics – a passion that’s grown from his pursuit of fresh knowledge and love of magic.