How to Memorize the Largest Known Prime
It may seem daunting to memorize a 24-million-digit number, but with these tips you'll be well on your way
Roots of Unity
Mathematics: learning it, doing it, celebrating it.
The Theorem That Inspired a Novel
Literary mathematician Michèle Audin tells us why Stokes’ formula is her favorite theorem
Women Mathematicians in Their Own Words
The Journeys of Women in Mathematics documentary diversifies the stories we tell about women in math
Assigning a Value to Teamwork
Mathematician Anil Venkatesh tells us why the Shapley value is the best way to quantify everything from Security Council vetoes to video game weapons
Counterexamples in Music Theory
Personal closure on an attempted theorem about 12-tone music
Graph Theory and Cocktail Parties
Science writer Yen Duong tells us why she loves the "friends and strangers" theorem
What Are the Odds of a Family with 14 Boys?
I heard about a 14-boy Michigan family, so I crunched some numbers
The Queen of the Fold-and-Cut Alphabet
Manchester mathematician Katie Steckles tells us about her favorite theorem and how she used it to help design a new font
What Is an "Almost Prime" Number?
They say you can’t be a little bit pregnant, but maybe a number can be a little bit prime
If Mathematicians Were in Charge of Punctuation
Better living through set-builder notation
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