Latest about Mathematics
Mathematicians end decades-long quest to find elusive 'vampire einstein' shape
Researchers have discovered a new 14-sided shape called the Spectre that can be used to tile a surface without ever creating a repeating pattern, ending a decades' long mathematical hunt.
Newly discovered 'einstein' tile is a 13-sided shape that solves a decades-old math problem
A new 13-sided shape is the first example of an elusive "einstein" — a single shape that can be tiled infinitely without repeating a pattern.
High school students may have just discovered an 'impossible' proof to the 2,000-year-old Pythagorean theorem
Two high school seniors have presented their proof of the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry — which mathematicians thought to be impossible — at an American Mathematical Society meeting.
Mathematicians make rare breakthrough on notoriously tricky 'Ramsey number' problem
The bounds on Ramsey numbers, which describe relationships between nodes in a network, have been narrowed.
12 numbers that are cooler than pi
To celebrate Pi Day, we asked several mathematicians to tell us their favorite non-pi numbers. Here are some of their answers.
Babylonians used Pythagorean theorem 1,000 years before it was 'invented' in ancient Greece
The theorem may have been used to settle a land dispute between two affluent individuals.
9 equations that changed the world
Here are nine equations that altered the course of history.
The World's Most Beautiful Equations
Scientists choose their favorite mathematical equations.
