Why X marks the unknown
How the letter X became an algebra star.
The letter X stands for the unknown or the mysterious: Project X; the X-Men; the X-Files. When physicist Wilhelm Rönt...
Mathematics
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MH370 must have hit ocean in nosedive
Why no trace was found of missing Malaysia Airlines flight.
A team of mathematicians has suggested that the reason why no trace was found of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH3...
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Students comprehending mathematics
Concentrate on identifying and creating patterns when young.
Researchers at Notre Dame University have been studying why some children have such difficulty understanding mathemat...
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Are physicists saner than mathematicians?
Physicist J Willard Gibbs certainly thought so.
The American physicist J Willard Gibbs thought so, defining the difference as "a mathematician can say what he likes....
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Celebrating pi!
There’s more to pi than meets the eye.
He’s a nerd, I guess! You may not have noticed, but the sentence above is written in “pilish”, a style of constraine...
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Seduced by calculus
2010 Fields Medal was won by a French mathematician.
The French mathematician Cédric Villaniis no ordinary looking university professor. Handsome and slender, with a boyi...
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Art inspires the magic Rubik's cube
Most popular puzzle of 20th century began life as an artwork.
The joy puzzle lovers derive from solving a good puzzle is matched only by the frustration felt by those of us who ar...
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The unbeatable poker-playing program
Artificial intelligence knows when to hold ’em and fold ’em.
When it comes to games, machines have left us in the dust – we’ve been trounced at draughts, chess, even the TV quiz ...
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Naughty numbers in the news
Statisticians pained to see data misused by politicians and media.
I love numbers. As a small boy I used to write down car registration plates, and when it came to my toy cars I’d line...