Quantum mechanics has long relied on complex numbers to describe the strange behavior of particles, from tunneling to ...

Physicists have built a real-number version of quantum mechanics that makes all the same predictions as the standard theory, ...

Math classrooms shifted over time to the discovery model. Not suddenly, and not without good intentions. There was a ...

Researchers found that some animals could “count” carrots in a test—and may have better numerical skills than dogs or horses.

What It Is and How It Affects Learning Dyscalculia is a specific learning disability that affects an individual’s ability to understand and manipulate numbers. Often referred to as ‘math dyslexia,’ ...

NDSE Tools is a PHP library for electrical power system simulation. It provides a steady-state Load Flow solver and a time-domain Transient Stability Analysis engine, both built on top of native PHP ...

In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

As students move up through the grades in elementary and middle school, math marches relentlessly forward—whether they’re ready or not. Math is a hierarchical field, building sequentially on prior ...

Neuromorphic computers modeled after the human brain can now solve the complex equations behind physics simulations — something once thought possible only with energy-hungry supercomputers. The ...

Long before humans carved numbers into clay tablets or scratched equations onto stone, people in the ancient Near East were already dividing space, counting patterns, and thinking in mathematical ...

Abstract: We present a bottom up review of complex numbers through analytical functions commonly used in digital signal processing. Standard practice uses complex exponential functions for engineering ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...