The Great Pyramid of Giza is often treated as a monument of stone, but it also functions as a monument of numbers. I see at ...

Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly ...

Researchers uncover the mathematical structure behind mesmerizing tiling patterns, linking their visual appeal to the ...

For decades, many students have sat in math classes wondering when they will ever use the lessons they are learning in real ...

Abstract: This paper provides a scheme based on genetic algorithm (GA) to solve the complex triangle elimination (CTE) problem of rectangular dualization approach in VLSI floor planning. Rectangular ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

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AI chatbot ChatGPT-4 attempted a “doubling the square” problem, a 2,400-year-old mathematical challenge from Plato. The University of Cambridge found that ChatGPT exhibited surprising “learner-like” ...

We are moving from a world of institutional dependency to one of personal responsibility. The question is no longer, “What can we do for people?” but, “How can we equip people to do more for ...

A variation of a puzzle called the “pick-up sticks problem” asks the following question: If I have some number of sticks with random lengths between 0 and 1, what are the chances that no three of ...