Browsing: Mathematicians

Imagine that you want to know the most efficient way to make a torus—a doughnut-shaped mathematical object—from origami paper. But this torus, which is a surface,…

November 10, 20252 min readScientists See ‘Eureka’ Moments in Mathematicians’ Chalkboard WritingsResearchers spot the “tipping point” before mathematicians’ moments of discoveryBy Matthew Hutson edited by Sarah…

October 28, 20252 min readThis New Shape Breaks an ‘Unbreakable’ 3D Geometry RuleThe noperthedron has a surprising property—which disproves a long-standing conjectureBy Emma R. Hasson edited…

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime…

A defining memory from my senior year of high school was a nine-hour math exam with just six questions. Six of the top scorers won slots…