British physicist Stephen Hawking may claim that extra dimensions provide the key to understanding the "grand design" of the universe, but it's Chinese-American mathematician Shing-Tung Yau who ...

Fifty years ago, “fractal” was born. In a 1975 book, the Polish-French-American mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot coined the term to describe a family of rough, fragmented shapes that fall outside ...

An academic dives into the physics of multiple dimensions and whether it's possible to tie a knot in 4D. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

It is rare to read about “spectacular progress” or a “once-in-a-century” result in mathematics. That’s for good reason: if a problem has not had a solution for many years, then completely new ...

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The Princeton mathemagician, who died in April, left an engaging legacy of numerical gamesmanship. Credit...John Horton Conway Supported by By Siobhan Roberts When John Horton Conway, the Princeton ...

How bees, beer cans and big data all solve the same problem: not enough space. By Steven Strogatz Photo illustrations by Jens Mortensen Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an object, ...

The last dimension of Keller's conjecture has been proven using a computer algorithm. The conjecture involves the way hypercubes in different dimensions share sides when tiled. The proof is ...

Growth and change in technology have brought a boom in the availability of data and the need for people to shape technologies. Growing areas like machine learning require expertise in programming, ...

Rose and Ivy are logic-savvy landscapers tasked with creating a rectangular garden. Their client has told Rose the desired width and Ivy the desired length (both positive integers). One day their ...