Mohamed Omar's Favorite Theorem
The Harvey Mudd math professor tells us what dessert pairs best with Burnside’s Lemma
Roots of Unity
Mathematics: learning it, doing it, celebrating it.
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Bicylinder
Also known as mouhefanggai or the Steinmetz solid, this shape appeared in the first Chinese explorations of the volume of a sphere
Do You Know Your ABCs?
The mysterious abc conjecture is once again in the news. What is it?
Ami Radunskaya's Favorite Theorem
The Pomona College professor talks about ergodic functions, Steve Reich music and the way her favorite theorem can guide our lives
Justin Curry's Favorite Theorem
The University at Albany mathematician talks about why he just can’t get enough of those Platonic solids
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Koch Snowflake
A look at the most festive fractal
Spending a Moment with Émilie Du Châtelet
A portrait of an 18th-century woman mathematician
Bathroom, Mathroom
For World Toilet Day, an appreciation of the most mathematically interesting room in the house
Henry Fowler's Favorite Theorem
The chair of the mathematics department at Diné College talks about what the Pythagorean Theorem intersects with his identity as a Navajo
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Loch Ness Monster
“They did the math, they did the monster math…”
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