A critically acclaimed French film tackles a popular belief that mathematics is a difficult subject to learn and useless once people pass the test to enter university. The documentary, dubbed “How I ...

Henri Cartan, a mathematician known for meticulous proofs and for inspiring a revival of mathematics in France after World War II, died in Paris on Aug. 13. He was 104. His death was confirmed by the ...

MARSEILLE, France - Nearly 18,000 pages of notes by eccentric French math genius Alexandre Grothendieck were posted online Wednesday by his alma mater, Montpellier University in southern France.

He is the fifth French Abel winner since the award was created by Norway's government Paris: For Michel Talagrand, who won the Abel mathematics prize on Wednesday, maths provided a fun life free from ...

Back when I was in middle school, there were four days of the year that we considered to be better than Christmas – the four half-days when teachers had their super-secret staff meetings. Thanks to ...

Louisiana's French heritage is being embraced in many immersion classrooms in the state. It goes beyond language -- some students are learning math, science and social studies in French. Sue Lincoln ...