A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day.

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For over a decade, mathematicians have failed to agree whether a 500-page proof is actually correct. Now, translating the ...

The natural complexity of the universe should phase out the possibility of some advanced civilization controlling reality ...

The meme exploded into youth culture with a video of a boy who delivers a giddy “six seven” at a basketball game. CAM WILDER The name of this fall’s most obnoxious classmate: Six Seven. Math teacher ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. When he defended the latest proposed changes to superannuation last week, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said it was about making sure that ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...