For centuries, the Pythagorean Theorem has occupied a unique position in mathematics: both elementary and profound. Its ...

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A decades-old geometry puzzle has finally been solved by a young mathematician in South Korea. Hidden behind a simple hallway ...

Find out how and why mathematics is used in microeconomics, its limitations, and the math skills that economics students need.

Dr Baek Jin Eon, 31, a research fellow at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study, has demonstrated that no shape larger than ...

It is the last period of a long school day, and the subject is mathematics. You sit there wondering when you'll need to use these concepts in real life, counting down the minutes until the bell rings.

Fifty years ago, “fractal” was born. In a 1975 book, the Polish-French-American mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot coined the term to describe a family of rough, fragmented shapes that fall outside ...

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Crows are able to look at a handful of four-sided shapes and correctly distinguish those that exhibit geometric regularity from those that don't, according to a provocative new study. It's the first ...