A new proof solves the “Kakeya conjecture” in three dimensions, opening up a new set of possibilities for mathematics, from computer science to cryptography ...

Monash University researchers have extended Descartes’ Circle Theorem by finding a general equation for any number of tangent ...

Now, more than 122 years after it was first proposed, Kamata and two other mathematicians have finally proved that a solution ...

School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, ...

March 14 — a day you’re more likely than most others to eat — or throw — a pie and get a reduced price on your pizza. It’s all in celebration of pi (Greek letter π), the mathematical constant and ...

The secret to getting ahead is getting started. In the triangle above, segment BD is an angle bisector. Sides AB = 9x − 14, ...