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What is pi?Reference Pi represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi is an irrational number that never ends; the decimals go on forever and ever.
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Mathematician cracks 150-year-old chess problemThe n-queens problem had stumped mathematicians for more than a century.
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Pi calculated to a record-breaking 62.8 trillion digitsResearchers are set to break the world record for the most precise value of pi, after using an advanced computer to calculate the famous constant to 62.8 trillion decimal places.
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Math genius Emmy Noether endured sexism and Nazism. 100 years later, her ideas still ring true.Opinion Albert Einstein described Emmy Noether as a "creative mathematical genius" who, despite "unselfish, significant work over a period of many years," did not get the recognition she deserved.
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The 'friendship paradox' doesn't always explain real friendships, mathematicians sayYour friends are on average more popular than you are, according to a phenomenon known as the "friendship paradox." But it turns out, there's some nuance to that.
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New AI 'Ramanujan Machine' uncovers hidden patterns in numbersA new artificially intelligent 'Ramanujan Machine' can generate hundreds of new mathematical conjectures, which might lead to new math proofs and theorems.
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Happy birthday to Benoit Mandelbrot, the discoverer of fractalsHe is known as the "father of fractals" for having discovered one of the most important patterns in nature.
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An inmate's love of mathematics leads to discovery in number theoryChristopher Havens came upon his love of math while in solitary confinement. A decade later, he published a paper on number theory in a top mathematics journal.
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What Are Irrational Numbers?They're irrational but they're still logical.
