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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.
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Dennis Sullivan, mathematician who united chaos theory and geometric spaces, wins prestigious Abel PrizeNew York mathematician Dennis Sullivan was awarded the prestigious Abel Prize for his contributions to topology and dynamical systems, a foundation of chaos theory.
