In 1900, at the grand amphitheater of the Sorbonne in Paris, David Hilbert stood before a crowd of mathematicians and delivered a speech that would echo through the next century. He outlined 10 — and ...

In 1900, the great mathematician David Hilbert presented a list of 23 unsolved problems worth investigating in the new century. The list became a road map for the field, guiding mathematicians through ...

The 1930 Königsberg conference hosted two of the greatest minds in mathematics engaged in a profound struggle. The conference saw David Hilbert, largely regarded as the father of 20th-century ...

It took 125 years, but in 2025 a team of mathematicians discovered the solution to a long-puzzling problem about the ...

Physicists have created a quantum version of a famous thought experiment: the so-called Hilbert Hotel, which is always full and yet a vacancy can always be found for additional unexpected guests. Back ...

NEWS has reached Great Britain that Prof. David Hilbert, of Gottingen, died recently. He was born on January 23, 1862, and was a mathematician of tremendous power who ranged over a wide field and had ...

A 22-year-old student at Stockholm University, Elin Oxenhielm, may have cracked part of one of mathematics' greatest unsolved problems. Called Hilbert's problem 16, it has confounded workers for over ...

In less than 100 seconds, David Colton attempts to shed light on this seemingly abstract concept of mathematics. He starts by reminding viewers of the principles of vectors within a plane, such as how ...

Hilbert served as Toyota’s general manager of vehicle marketing for the past three years and will assume his new role on 1 September. Commenting on his latest job Hilbert remarked: “I am really ...