Math

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MathematicsDecember 17, 2024

Math Puzzle: Move the Tower

Transport the disks in this math puzzle

Heinrich Hemme

MathematicsDecember 16, 2024

The Perfect Beer Glass Shape, according to Math

A mathematician has calculated the ideal shape for a beer glass to keep the liquid inside as cool as possible

Manon Bischoff

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MathematicsDecember 12, 2024

The 7 Coolest Mathematical Discoveries of 2024

Unsolvable problems, many-dimensional wheels and new prime numbers are among new mathematical discoveries this year

Clara Moskowitz

Photographs of 3D-printed shapes show soft cells derived from space filling polyhedra. Blue is derived from a truncated octahedron, pink is from a hexagonal prism and green is from a cube.

MathematicsNovember 19, 2024

Mathematicians Discover a New Kind of Shape That’s All over Nature

Mathematicians have found a new kind of shape with connections to nature and art

Elise Cutts

MathematicsNovember 19, 2024

Math Puzzle: Find the Secret System

How are these numbers organized?

Heinrich Hemme

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OpinionNovember 1, 2024

Record-Breaking Prime Number, 41 Million Digits Long, Blows Mathematicians’ Mind

The discovery of a new prime number highlights the rising price of mathematical gold

Jack Murtagh

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MathematicsOctober 29, 2024

Math and Puzzle Fans Find Magic in Martin Gardner’s Legacy

Scientific American columnist Martin Gardner started a long mathematical conversation that continues today

Sarah Lewin Frasier

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LanguageOctober 15, 2024

Science Crossword: Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes

Play this crossword inspired by the November 2024 issue of Scientific American

Aimee Lucido

MathematicsOctober 15, 2024

Math Puzzle: Play Architect with These Houses of Cards

Can this house of cards be built?

Hans-Karl Eder

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MathematicsOctober 10, 2024

The ‘Stable Marriage Problem’ Solution Underpins Dating Apps and School Admissions

An elegant matchmaking algorithm called Gale-Shapley can find the best possible pairings for everybody

Max Springer

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MathematicsOctober 9, 2024

A Century-Old Question Is Still Revealing Answers in Fundamental Math

Mathematicians have made lots of recent progress on a question called the Mordell conjecture, which was posed a century ago

Rachel Crowell

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MathOctober 4, 2024

Infinite Tiling Presents a Modern Mathematical Challenge

Today’s mathematicians grapple with higher-order mathematical questions and real-world applications.

Kyne Santos, Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Madison Goldberg, Jeffery DelViscio

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