For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...
Ian Stewart's Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems is an entertaining and fresh look at some of the most vexing problems facing the field of mathematics. We asked him to pick the ...
For students, mathematics is perhaps one of the most divisive subjects out there. Some are great at it while others just don’t quite get it. For most entrance exams in universities and colleges, high ...
At most colleges there's only one thing less popular than a calculus class: a 9 a.m. calculus class. But on a recent morning at Williams College, all 50-odd seats are filled as Edward Burger teaches ...
Think you're smart? Then you need to check out this difficult math riddle. A Singaporean TV presenter posted to Facebook a math/logic riddle on April 10, which quickly went viral. The riddle, which ...
Think you're smart? Then you need to check out this difficult math riddle. A Singaporean TV presenter posted to Facebook a math/logic riddle on April 10, which quickly went viral. The riddle, which ...