Stories by Avery Carr

Avery Carr is a senior analyst and past senior editor for the American Mathematical Society Grad Blog. He and his wife, Alison, live in Olive Branch, MS. Follow Avery Carr on Twitter @ATCarrMath

Mathematics

3 Revolutionary Women of Mathematics

Everyone knows that history's great mathematicians were all men—but everybody is wrong

March 9, 2022 — Avery Carr

Is 196 a Lychrel Number?

Mathematical revelation is often manifested in the emergence of imagination inspired by simple truths. From cups of coffee and the clacking of chalk, generalizations leap from eraser-smudged boards into the fabric of physical reality. The legendary mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss once said, “Mathematics is concerned only with the enumeration and comparison of relations.” This notion [...]..

October 1, 2013 — Avery Carr