A recipient of his profession’s prestigious Fields Medal, he devised an algorithm that helps solve mathematical “singularities.” It now permeates the field. By Kenneth Chang Heisuke Hironaka, an ...

Kyoto University professor emeritus Heisuke Hironaka, an acclaimed Japanese mathematician who won the Fields Medal in 1970, died on Wednesday. He was 94. Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Hironaka studied ...

Heisuke Hironaka, an influential mathematician who received one of his profession's highest honors for devising an algorithm to handle the sharp edges and pointy peaks of geometry, died on March 18 at ...

Wow, time flies. Nearly 20 years ago, soon after my 50th birthday, I started making a list of what I considered mistakes my parents (and many of their generation) had made as they aged — and that I ...

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You made it to the weekend: Time for some fresh opportunities for fun and entertainment around metro Phoenix. This weekend, you can check out a ton of music in Downtown Phoenix, celebrate Earth Day or ...

Enjoy another day of warm weather before snow hits! Up in Boulder, the Conference on World Affairs is wrapping up with plenty of priceless programming…for free. For more options, check our list of ...

“Gachiakuta,” “The Rose of Versailles” and “The Summer Hikaru Died” are among the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026 nominees. The largest global celebration of excellence in Japanese animation, the ...

Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer steams in the Pacific Ocean in 2023. (MCS2 James Finney/Navy) The United States military is deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East, ...

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