
6 Marvelous Math Stories from 2022
Math made a splash this year. Here’s a look at the fascinating discoveries, mind-bending quests and important events in mathematics in 2022
Math made a splash this year. Here’s a look at the fascinating discoveries, mind-bending quests and important events in mathematics in 2022
A new algorithm solves the long-standing “hidden line problem” of computer graphics
Prolific generation of data drove the need for prefixes that denote 1027 and 1030
Mathematician Melanie Matchett Wood seeks creative ways of solving open math problems
After shocking the mathematics community with a major result in 2013, Yitang Zhang now says he has solved an analogue of the celebrated Riemann hypothesis
Some voting districts are tilted intentionally toward one party or another—a factor in the midterms. Geometry plays a critical role in gerrymandering
Mathematician Frank Ramsey showed how to discover coherent patterns among a multitude of number groupings
Math helps to randomly select the fairest citizens’ assemblies since antiquity
Some mathematicians have sought a logical proof for the existence of God. Here’s what they discovered
Topology, sometimes called rubber sheet geometry, is finding patterns in the brain, drugs and evolution
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