It embodies the quintessence of human knowledge, reaching into every field of human endeavor. The frontiers of mathematical understanding evolve today in deep and unfathomable ways.
Fundamental advances go hand in hand with discoveries in all fields of science.
Technological applications of mathematics underpin our daily life, including our ability to communicate thanks to cryptology and coding theory, our ability to navigate and to travel, our health and well-being, our security, and they also play a central role in our economy. The evolution of mathematics will remain a central to shaping civilization. To appreciate the scope of mathematical truth challenges the capabilities of the human mind. The Scientific Advisory Board of CMI selected these problems, focusing on important classic questions that have resisted solution over the years. A leading specialist in the domain in question has formulated each problem.