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Anne-Maria Ernvall-Hytönen is the Professor of Mathematics for subject teacher training. Her research focuses on transcendental number theory through ...

After 32 years of waiting, mathematicians calculate Dedekind's ninth number, a 42-digit giant that defied logic.

Joseph Moxon, author of 'Mathematicks Made Easie,' was born on this day in 1627. Joseph Moxon, by Frederick Hendrik van Hove - NPG D30334 Joseph Moxon by Frederick ...

Jeremiah Bartz owns shares in Nvidia. A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique – the etchings, lines like ...

Using a notion called integer partitions, mathematicians have discovered a new way to detect prime numbers while also connecting two areas of math in an unexpected way When you purchase through links ...

At the playground on the leafy campus of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, one afternoon in May, the mathematician Akshay Venkatesh alternated between pushing his 4-year-old ...