The women behind "Moebius Noodles: Adventurous Math for the Playground Crowd" are back with another fun math game they call Function Machines. I introduced Maria Droujkova and Yelena McManaman last ...

Mathematicians used “magic functions” to prove that two highly symmetric lattices solve a myriad of problems in eight- and 24-dimensional space. The points could be an infinite collection of electrons ...

“Suppose f is a quadratic function satisfying f(6)=0, f(-6)=0, and f(0)=10. Then f(4)= A. 5 B. 5.5 C. 5.555 D. 5.666 E. None of the above. “OK, come on up here to the board and do those computations ...

If we could snap our fingers and change the way math and science are taught in US schools, most of us would. The shortcomings of the current approach are clear. Subjects that are vibrant in the minds ...

Most people probably don’t think of mathematics when they hear “busy beavers.” But these eager little animals symbolize one of the most amazing concepts of the knotty field: not everything can be ...