A mathematical problem solved by Susanna Heikkilä relates to the classification of quasiregularly elliptic 4-manifolds, asking what four-dimensional shapes can be obtained by deforming ...

Picture a school where each lesson is custom-made for you, so there is no need to wait for others to catch up and vice versa. This is what Artificial Intelligence (AI) is capable of achieving in ...

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Researchers have demonstrated, using a novel approach, that the original solution to Dudeney’s famous dissection problem is indeed the optimal one. In 1907, English author and mathematician Henry Erne ...

Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they follow relatively simple mathematical rules also found in branching patterns in nature.

Pi is an irrational number, and like some irrational people it just goes on and on. What is it with this crazy, crucial ...

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Chemists identify a single molecule that naturally tiles in nonrepeating patterns, which could help build materials with novel electronic properties.

Phil Lempert is one of America’s leading food and consumer trend-watchers and analysts. Lempert is based in Santa Monica, CA and has been a contributor to Forbes.com since March 2015. He served ...