Ever since Danica McKellar, the actor (best known for playing Winnie in The Wonder Years) and UCLA-trained mathematician, began her New York Times -bestselling series of math books for girls in 2007, ...

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When your project for the day is painting a room, you probably don’t reach for a calculator. And if any math does come up, it’s likely the stuff you’ve known since grade school: Estimate the area of ...

In August, a pair of mathematicians discovered an exotic, record-breaking curve. In doing so, they tapped into a major open question about one of the oldest and most fundamental kinds of equations in ...