For those who hear the phrase “graph theory” and think of the basic pie charts and bar graphs introduced in elementary school, there’s a new world to be explored. “In graph theory, the most simple way ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

The Department has a strong faculty working in various topics in discrete mathematics, especially algorithmic aspects. The interface between Theoretical Computer Science and Discrete Mathematics has ...

Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms. All of modern mathematics is built on ...