Nathaniel Wert is a problem solver who finds beauty in mathematics. “I think a lot of people get the wrong idea about math,” said Wert, 18, of Shillington. “It’s always been my goal to show them it’s ...
On a weekend in mid-May, a clandestine mathematical conclave convened. Thirty of the world’s most renowned mathematicians traveled to Berkeley, Calif., with some coming from as far away as the U.K.