Pi Day (March 14) is a day of global mathematical celebration, but it’s not the only numerically significant calendar date.

The progress and perfection of mathematics are intimately linked to the prosperity of the state,” said Napoleon Bonaparte, a ...

Pi Day (3/14) often comes with sweet treats; Square Root Day (4/4/16 or 5/5/25, for example) has a certain numerical rhyme.

Known as the Pythagorean Theorem, this formula—expressed as a² + b² = c²—has more than 300 known proofs. Most of them use algebra or geometry. But until recently, almost no one thought it could be ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it may seem like geometry and trigonometry were created by the Greeks as a form ...

Johannes holds an MSci in Neuroscience from King’s College London, where he worked on projects involving Alzheimer’s disease and Fragile X syndrome.

Abstract: Currently, network topology becomes increasingly complex with the increased number of various network nodes, bringing in the challenge of network design and analysis. Most of the current ...

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the American cartoonist Crockett Johnson created a series of paintings on mathematical subjects. They’re based on theorems, laws, and mathematical figures, but ...

Manjul Bhargava, mathematics professor at Princeton University in the US and the winner of the 2014 Fields Medal, stresses ...