The most famous packing problem concerns spheres. In 1611, the astronomer Johannes Kepler proposed that the densest way to ...

We investigate three of 2024’s biggest breakthroughs in mathematics, including a better way to pack spheres in high dimensions, a new way to avoid forming patterns of numbers, and an 800-page proof of ...

Po-Shen Loh discusses his approach to coaching the United States International Mathematical Olympiad team and reveals what he believes to be the major problem with math education.

Abstract: We propose a first-order fast algorithm for the weighted max-min fair (MMF) multi-group multicast beamforming problem in large-scale systems. Utilizing the optimal multicast beamforming ...

First proposed in 2012, the Inter-universal Teichmüller Theory (IUT) is a devilishly difficult math theory that experts describe as an “alien language.” Although only a few mathematicians ...

Scholastica Moraa displays a book titled When Love Says Goodbye at the Kisii Book Fair. [File courtesy] One of the highlights of this year’s Kisii Book Fair was the launch of When Love Says ...

More than 500 children and parents watched as presenters hammered nails with bananas and made waves with Slinkys at the seventh annual Math Fun Fair on Saturday. Officials divided the Earle Brown ...

Word from my inbox is that the Cotton Bowl will now host a sporting event three of the four weekends of the State Fair of Texas. The State Fair Classic between Prairie View A&M and Grambling State ...