MathematicsMarch 24, 2016
3 Revolutionary Women of Mathematics
Everyone knows that history's great mathematicians were all men—but everybody is wrong
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.
October 1, 2013
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 [...]