Maths

A baffling proof of the ABC conjecture set off a bitter divide among mathematicians AndreasG/Shutterstock As a science journalist, there…

The Book Club gives their verdict on Larry Niven’s Ringworld Eugene Powers/Alamy It was quite an experience, moving from the…

“Mathematically, what are we trying to optimise?” John MacLean/Millennium Images, UK Scheduling household chores is hard. Say you have three…

  The most common tools for assessing the rarity of a finding still require plenty of assumptions Shutterstock / Kenishirotie…

Le Corbusier used Fibonacci sequences in his building designs, like this one in Marseille, France Chris Hellier/Alamy BlueprintsMarcus du Sautoy…

“Graphs … are extremely effective for modelling sets of objects and the relationships between them” Katie Steckles Recently, a friend…

The Langlands program has been described by mathematician Edward Frankel as the “grand unified theory of mathematics.” Conceived by Robert…