Browsing: Mathematics

Fermat’s Last Theorem remained unsolved for hundreds of yearsPhoto by Alessandro Gandolfi/Panos The following is an excerpt from the Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Every month, we…

Using this mathematical trick you can figure out the day of the week for any dateH. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Alamy Time comes in cycles and we use a…

Spooky events often have common explanationsLuciano de Pollo Stochete/Alamy I had a strange experience at a cafe recently. I borrowed the restroom when I paid for…

Infinity is more complicated than you thinkAndriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images A new kind of infinity appears to break the rules of how very large numbers behave and…

Noga Aron, a mathematician at Princeton University, said their results demonstrate the importance of not taking anything for granted. “We need to question things that intuitively…

Most mathematicians are reluctant to start researching artificial intelligence, but a new tool developed by Meta researchers could change that

“Oh, poor monkey, how sweaty you are!”Colin Waters/Alamy Researchers have calculated that if every chimpanzee on Earth was given a typewriter, they would never recreate Shakespeare’s…

Taylor Swift fans line up outside Murrayfield StadiumJeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images I’m sure you, at some point in your life, may have stood in a line…

Math phobia is older than you might think. 100 years ago, the German physicist Felix Auerbach wrote a little book to lament the phenomenon and try…

You may aim to win at slots, but it is a complex matter of luck.Martin Parr/Magnum Photos The art of uncertaintyDavid Spiegelhalter (Pelican (UK, now in…