This talk surveys mathematics across the American continent from ancient times to the present day. It begins with the ironic origins of the name „America” before exploring the impressive achievements of pre-Columbian civilisations – the Maya’s invention of zero, the Aztec base-20 system, and the Inca quipu. It then follows the growth of American mathematical institutions, the transformative arrival of European refugee scholars during WWII, and closes with landmark modern achievements: Wiles’s proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem, the Millennium Prize Problems, and the mathematics driving today’s cryptography, AI, and quantum computing.
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