Ultrafinitism, a philosophy that rejects the infinite, has long been dismissed as mathematical heresy. But it is also ...

Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory is so widely accepted that modern mathematicians hardly think about it. But believing in its core ...

Calculators have become an essential tool in our daily lives, helping us solve complex mathematical problems with ease. But what if you want to represent infinity on a calculator? Is there a way to do ...

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics invites you to attend a colloquium lecture by Lars Becker from Princeton University on Wednesday, April 29. Title: Quantitative pointwise convergence of ...

The cosmological constant has been a problem in physics since Einstein, but new research may show why it takes the value that it does despite quantum fluctuations that should make its value ...

“Mathematics is the only infinite human activity,” the legendary problem-poser Paul Erdős once said. Humanity might someday “learn everything in physics or biology,” he argued, but we will never find ...

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (NewsVoir) Aditya Birla World Academy marks 12th year of ‘Infinity’, an engaging and interactive mathematics challenge bringing together 120 teams, 360 students across 68 ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

A decades-old rule in mathematics has just been pushed beyond its long-standing limits, opening new ground for how scientists describe the physical world. At the University of Vaasa in Finland, ...

(THE REPORTER) — Now that everyone has mini-supercomputers that pretend to be phones in their pockets, it can be challenging to get young people to learn problem-solving skills that do not involve ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...