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Scarlett Howard on the Lessons of Teaching Bees Math
Scarlett Howard describes how and why she taught honeybees math.
How Rational Math Catches Slippery Irrational Numbers
...may seem, irrational numbers comprise the vast majority of real numbers, and some of them unlock math’s most important relationships. The area of a circle depends on $latex \pi$, and...
The Simple Math Problem We Still Can’t Solve
...solve this math problem. You will be tempted. This problem is simply stated, easily understood, and all too inviting. Just pick a number, any number: If the number is even,...
Disorder Persists in Larger Graphs, New Math Proof Finds
...of colors you use to perform the coloring. Mathematicians can’t calculate most Ramsey numbers because all but the smallest graphs are too complex to analyze directly. Usually, the best mathematicians...
This U.S. Olympiad Coach Has a Unique Approach to Math
Po-Shen Loh discusses his approach to coaching the United States International Mathematical Olympiad team and reveals what he believes to be the major problem with math education.
The Bridge Between Math and Quantum Field Theory
Nathan Seiberg explains the importance of math in figuring out and understanding the ultimate laws of the universe.
Can Math Help You Escape a Hungry Bear?
In this month’s puzzle, math is a question of life or death. Once upon a time in a country far, far away, there was a champion athlete who could literally...
Math’s ‘Oldest Problem Ever’ Gets a New Answer
...branch of math closely related to calculus — to confirm the Erdős-Graham prediction. His paper was published in the Annals of Mathematics, the top journal in the field. “Croot’s argument...
What a Math Party Game Tells Us About Graph Theory
Play this simple math game with your friends to gain insights into fundamental principles of graph theory. Now that pandemic restrictions are easing up, people are getting together again. But...