Computer-powered math has revolutionized everything from manufacturing to medical care. But while on-demand taxi service is optimized by an algorithm, and some 401(k)s are filled with stocks chosen by ...

Inman Elementary made their study of 2-D shapes immersive and delicious. As part of the 1st grade’s math unit on geometry, students used pretzels and ...

Mathematicians are creating their own version of the periodic table that will provide a vast directory of all the possible shapes in the universe across three, four and five dimensions, linking shapes ...

Over the last two years, mathematicians have identified the best versions of a child’s playroom’s worth of shapes. These results occupy a quirky corner of math and, fittingly, have been produced by ...

Mathematicians are creating their own version of the periodic table that will provide a vast directory of all the possible shapes in the universe across three, four and five dimensions, linking shapes ...

New work on the problem of “scissors congruence” explains when it’s possible to slice up one shape and reassemble it as another. If you have two flat paper shapes and a pair of scissors, can you cut ...