Math

In 2023 every U.S. land surveyor will begin using a single international standard

A number can be tiny in relative terms but hugely important nonetheless

Using gravitational waves to approximate pi, physicists see no problem with Einstein’s theory

A new mathematical model predicts areas on a virus that might be especially vulnerable to disabling treatments

This mathematician turns her research into fashion and toys

Ben Orlin shares his favorite fractal curve

Here are resources for students, parents and other learners

Creating poetry with the fundamental theorem of arithmetic

Perron-Frobenius theorem and linear algebra have many virtues to extol

His creative and influential ideas spilled over into quantum physics, philosophy and computer science

Christine Ladd-Franklin received a Ph.D. in 1926 for work completed in 1882

But some experts say author Shinichi Mochizuki failed to fix a fatal flaw in the solution of a major arithmetic problem