The transcendental number π is as familiar as it is ubiquitous, but how does Euler’s number e transcend the ordinary? 4 pieces: 2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 = 39.06 5 pieces: 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 32 6 pieces: ...

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Weird Math sets out to “reveal the strange connections between math and everyday life.” The book fulfills that laudable goal, in part. At times, teenage math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his tutor, ...

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Edward Doolittle's trailblazing work in Indigenous mathematics considers the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual dimensions of the subject. A Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) mathematics associate ...

Prime Number Patterns Prime numbers, divisible only by themselves and 1, have long fascinated mathematicians. Discovering new ...

The ancient Greeks were incredibly talented mathematicians—but they rarely used numbers in their math. Their particular specialty, geometry, dances around actual quantities, focusing on higher-level ...

If a number represents information which is forbidden by law for one to possess or distribute, that number is said to be illegal. By nature it is only possible to compose law that applies to a limited ...

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Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X KINGSTON – Last year, the numbers didn’t quite add up the way the Abington Heights Middle School ...