By combining the language of groups with that of geometry and linear algebra, Marius Sophus Lie created one of math’s most ...

Grade school math students are likely familiar with teachers admonishing them not to just guess the answer to a problem. But a new proof establishes that, in fact, the right kind of guessing is ...

' Immersive Math ' is a free textbook site that makes linear algebra, a field of mathematics that studies calculations such as vectors and matrices, easier to understand by providing interactive ...

What if instead of defining a mesh as a series of vertices and edges in a 3D space, you could describe it as a single function? The easiest function would return the signed distance to the closest ...

The purpose of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) is to foster the development and dissemination of the theory and applications of statistics and probability. The Institute was formed at a ...

THIS most welcome treatise fills a serious gap in English mathematical literature. It provides for the first time a comprehensive account of the general transformation theory which steadily dominates ...

Most famous equation: Einstein's E = mc2, which means energy is equal to mass times the speed of light squared. Known digits of pi: More than 105 trillion digits Digits of pi NASA uses for equations: ...