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Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and ...

New research finds girls and women more often use step-by-step algorithms, while boys and men use shortcuts. Accuracy is ...

Math students may not blink at calculating probabilities, measuring the area beneath curves or evaluating matrices, yet they often find themselves at sea when first confronted with writing proofs. But ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical ...

Abstract: We present a bottom up review of complex numbers through analytical functions commonly used in digital signal processing. Standard practice uses complex exponential functions for engineering ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Prime numbers are essential for technologies like RSA encryption, which rely on the difficulty of guessing these numerals. A new paper shows that another area of mathematics called integer partition ...

A mathematician has solved a 200-year-old maths problem after figuring out a way to crack higher-degree polynomial equations without using radicals or irrational numbers. The method developed by ...

Google DeepMind has used chatbot models to come up with solutions to major problems in mathematics and computer science. The system, called AlphaEvolve, combines the creativity of a large language ...