The body of knowledge and practice known as mathematics is derived from the contributions of thinkers throughout the ages and across the globe. It gives us a way to understand patterns, to quantify ...

“I am not a math person.” I think many of us can relate to saying or hearing someone utter that single phrase. “I am not good at math,” “I’m bad with numbers,” “I just can’t do algebra”—the list of ...

A calculation so complex that it takes twenty years to complete on a powerful desktop computer can now be done in one hour on a regular laptop. Physicist Andreas Ekström at Chalmers University of ...