More than 50 years after the so-called Zodiac Killer first began terrorizing the streets of Northern…
Category: Math
Mathematician Solves Centuries-Old Grazing Goat Problem Exactly
Mathematicians and math enthusiasts have been pondering this problem in various forms for more than 270…
2.920050977316 – Numberphile
Dr James Grime is discussing a new prime-generating constant. Read more at YouTube…
Middle Students Solve The Issue Of Gerrymandering And Win $10,000 Prize [Infographic]
Three middle school students decided to take on one of the more serious issue in American…
Weird Circles Keep Popping Up Around the World. Alan Turing Predicted Them in 1952.
Here’s what they mean—and how the legendary scientist got them so right. Read more at Popular…
The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats
Simples rules of geometry meant that 5-fold symmetry was impossible as were crystals without a periodic…
At the Math Olympiad, Computers Prepare to Go for the Gold
The 61st international mathematical olympiad, or imo, begins today. Due to the covid-19 pandemic it’s the…
Mathematicians Open a New Front on an Ancient Number Problem
The odd perfect number conjecture is one of the oldest unsolved problems in mathematics. It has…
Mathematicians Report New Discovery About the Dodecahedron
Starting at a corner, could you walk around the surface of this Platonic solid without crossing…
How Gödel’s Proof Works
In 1931, the austrian logician pulled off arguably one of the most stunning intellectual achievements in…
How Gödel’s Proof Works
In 1931, the austrian logician pulled off arguably one of the most stunning intellectual achievements in…
The violent attack that turned a man into a maths genius
Futon salesman Jason Padgett cared little about anything beyond partying and chasing girls, then one fateful…
Math Genius Has Come Up With a Wildly Simple New Way to Solve Quadratic Equations
If you studied algebra in high school (or you’re learning it right now), there’s a good…
The Tricky Math of Herd Immunity for COVID-19
The outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic begins to slow (and eventually ceases altogether) because enough people…
‘Amazing’ Math Bridge Extended Beyond Fermat’s Last Theorem
For a diophantine equation, you can count how many solutions the equation has. For the kind…
The ‘Useless’ Perspective That Transformed Mathematics
Representation theory emerged in the late 19th century. In 1897, the English mathematician wrote that he…
Finally, Software That Turns Confusing Math Equations Into Simple Images
Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon university have come up with a new tool to automatically turn…
In Mathematics, It Often Takes a Good Map to Find Answers
Leonardo da vinci’s “aerial screw” appears fanciful and poignantly ahead of its time. The device itself…
Tips to be a better problem solver [Last lecture] | Lockdown math ep. 10
Tips on problem-solving, with examples from geometry, trig, and probability. Read more…
John Horton Conway (1937–2020)
John Horton Conway (1937–2020) “Playful master of games who transformed mathematics.” Read more…