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Mathematicians end decades-long quest to find elusive 'vampire einstein' shapeResearchers have discovered a new 14-sided shape called the Spectre that can be used to tile a surface without ever creating a repeating pattern, ending a decades' long mathematical hunt.
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Newly discovered 'einstein' tile is a 13-sided shape that solves a decades-old math problemA new 13-sided shape is the first example of an elusive "einstein" — a single shape that can be tiled infinitely without repeating a pattern.
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High school students may have just discovered an 'impossible' proof to the 2,000-year-old Pythagorean theoremTwo high school seniors have presented their proof of the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry — which mathematicians thought to be impossible — at an American Mathematical Society meeting.
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Mathematicians make rare breakthrough on notoriously tricky 'Ramsey number' problemThe bounds on Ramsey numbers, which describe relationships between nodes in a network, have been narrowed.
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12 numbers that are cooler than piTo celebrate Pi Day, we asked several mathematicians to tell us their favorite non-pi numbers. Here are some of their answers.
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Babylonians used Pythagorean theorem 1,000 years before it was 'invented' in ancient GreeceThe theorem may have been used to settle a land dispute between two affluent individuals.
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9 equations that changed the worldHere are nine equations that altered the course of history.
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The World's Most Beautiful EquationsScientists choose their favorite mathematical equations.
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The universe would not make sense without mathematicsMathematics is the language of the universe: It is probable that every major scientific discovery has used mathematics in some form.
