Using a relatively young theory, a team of mathematicians has started to answer questions whose roots lie at the very ...

Unlock the fascinating world of geometry as we explore every complex shape explained in clear, simple terms. From polygons and polyhedra to spirals, fractals, and impossible-looking structures, this ...

Mathematicians are creating their own version of the periodic table that will provide a vast directory of all the possible shapes in the universe across three, four and five dimensions, linking shapes ...

A Tufts University professor has a proposal to combat gerrymandering: give more geometry experts a day in court. Moon Duchin is an associate professor of math and director of the Science, Technology ...

A new initiative pieced together by the National Quilt Museum, along with professors at Murray State University, is using the ...

Crows are considered to be among the smartest creatures on Earth. They have cognitive abilities at the levels of five- to seven-year-old human children. A new study has found that these birds are also ...

A pair of mathematicians has built on an obscure, 30-year-old mathematical theory to show that soap-filmlike minimal surfaces appear abundantly in a wide range of shapes. The dissertation, by Jon ...

For Mr. Santos, math can also inspire ideas about structures that have already been built — a new way to see and appreciate ...

Mathematics and physics share a close, reciprocal relationship. Mathematics offers the language and tools to describe physical phenomena, while physics drives the development of new mathematical ideas ...

If you had to choose a few words or symbols to encapsulate your legacy, what would you pick? Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) left behind a trophy case stocked with mathematical achievements to ...