To make progress on one of number theory’s most elementary questions, two mathematicians turned to an unlikely source.

Mathematicians have long known that there are many kinds of infinities (technically, there are an infinity of them).

Fuzzy mathematics, a concept proposed by L.A. Zadeh in 1965, introduces the idea of fuzzy sets, emphasizing elements' degrees of membership in certain classes as potentially infinite. Over decades, ...

Born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1924, the improbably named Benoît B Mandelbröt – the ”B” stands for a non-existent middle name – would be so important to the story of fractal geometry that he pretty ...

As a digression from our usual fare on the n n -Café, here’s one of my favorites, about an early theory of the Solar System, ...

William James Sidis was the son of a psychiatrist who reportedly pushed him toward academics from an early age. Sidis could ...

In fields ranging from immunology and ecology to economics and thermodynamics, multi-scale complex systems are ubiquitous. They are also notoriously difficult to model. Conventional approaches take ...

To remain in the bracket the Hoosiers must hope that favorites win during championship weekend. Upsets in the ACC and ...