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The tablet was used by a surveyor to accurately divide up land.

Babylonians used Pythagorean theorem 1,000 years before it was 'invented' in ancient Greece

By Ben Turner last updated

The theorem may have been used to settle a land dispute between two affluent individuals.

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Albert Einstein's E=mc2

9 equations that changed the world

By Adam Mann last updated

Here are nine equations that altered the course of history.

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Special Relativity Equation

The World's Most Beautiful Equations

By Clara Moskowitz last updated

Scientists choose their favorite mathematical equations.

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Mathematics is the language of the universe

The universe would not make sense without mathematics

By Peter Watson published

Mathematics is the language of the universe: It is probable that every major scientific discovery has used mathematics in some form.

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Dennis Sullivan lectures at the blackboard at Stony Brook University in New York

Dennis Sullivan, mathematician who united chaos theory and geometric spaces, wins prestigious Abel Prize

By Brandon Specktor published

New York mathematician Dennis Sullivan was awarded the prestigious Abel Prize for his contributions to topology and dynamical systems, a foundation of chaos theory.

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Pythagoras, a pioneer of early Greek philosophy, mathematics and natural science

Pythagoras: Life, work and achievements

By Joanna Elphick published

Reference Discover the life and work of the great Greek philosopher.

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What is pi?

By Elaine J. Hom published

Reference Pi represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi is an irrational number that never ends; the decimals go on forever and ever.

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The problem was first posed in 1848.

Mathematician cracks 150-year-old chess problem

By Ben Turner published

The n-queens problem had stumped mathematicians for more than a century.

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Pi is an irrational number, meaning it has an infinite number of decimal points.

Pi calculated to a record-breaking 62.8 trillion digits

By Harry Baker published

Researchers are set to break the world record for the most precise value of pi, after using an advanced computer to calculate the famous constant to 62.8 trillion decimal places.

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German mathematician Emmy Noether (shown here in this portrait) was born on March 23, 1882, in Erlangen, Germany, and died April 14, 1935, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Math genius Emmy Noether endured sexism and Nazism. 100 years later, her ideas still ring true.

By Tamar Lichter Blanks published

Albert Einstein described Emmy Noether as a "creative mathematical genius" who, despite "unselfish, significant work over a period of many years," did not get the recognition she deserved.

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