You’ve no doubt seen some version of this viral math problem making the rounds on Facebook, Reddit or X (though we’ve given ...

Kerry Porrill, a standout mathematician from Stellenbosch University, has been awarded the prestigious Chancellor’s Medal for ...

In a year that seems to be scripted for the exceptional, Kerry Porrill has added yet another feather to her cap as she recently clinched Stellenbosch University’s prestigious Chancellor’s Medal for ...

No one uses “Malthusian” as a compliment. Since 1798, when the economist and cleric Thomas Malthus first published “An Essay on the Principles of Population,” the “Malthusian” position – the idea that ...

Ancient pottery reveals early farmers were using math thousands of years before numbers, embedding geometry and patterns into ...

In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

This article provides the complete UP Police Computer Operator syllabus and exam pattern in detail to prepare effectively. The UP Police Assistant Operator written test includes four major subjects: ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

Applied mathematics is the application of mathematical techniques to describe real-world systems and solve technologically relevant problems. This can include the mechanics of a moving body, the ...

Time travel is deterministic and locally free, a paper says—resolving an age-old paradox. This follows research observing that the present is not changed by a time-traveling qubit. It’s still not very ...

Pure mathematics uses mathematics to explore abstract ideas, mathematics that does not necessarily describe a real physical system. This can include developing the fundamental tools used by ...