The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1994, an earthquake of a proof shook up the mathematical world. The mathematician Andrew Wiles had finally settled Fermat’s Last ...

While there are thousands of mathematicians in the world, only 20 of them have managed to begin to understand one of mathematics’ most cryptic extraterrestrial-like theories. Known as the ...

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Mr Ramanujan independently discovered around 3,900 results and theorems. National Mathematics Day is celebrated every year on December 22 to honor the life and achievements of the legendary ...

NEW ORLEANS — The two women and St. Mary’s Academy graduates who used trigonometry to prove the 2000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem math equation, had their findings confirmed by the math experts after ...

Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson, who surprised the math world when they produced innovative solutions to a 2,000-year-old puzzle, wowed the math world again when they presented several new ways of ...

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Two New Orleans students who solved the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry have had their discovery confirmed by the math community after their findings were published in the American Mathematical ...

Two years ago, a couple of high school classmates each composed a mathematical marvel, a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem. Now, they’re unveiling 10 more. For over 2,000 years, such ...

In a new peer-reviewed study, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson outlined 10 ways to solve the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, including a proof they discovered in high school. When you ...

Ed Sheeran‘s +-=÷x (pronounced Mathematics) tour will come to a finale at the end of 2025, after more than three years on the road, the singer confirmed in an announcement posted to Instagram on ...