For nearly 200 years, "higher-degree polynomial equations" resisted any general solution. An Australian mathematician proposes an unprecedented method, eliminating irrational numbers in favor of ...

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When Sayli Natu was expecting her first child, she often turned to her friend Kshitija Karmarkar—who had given birth just nine months earlier—for advice and reassurance. Their conversations ...

Known digits of pi: More than 105 trillion digits Digits of pi NASA uses for equations: 16 digits Mathematics is the science that deals with the logic of shape, numbers and arrangement.

Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, a famous astrophysicist, died at 86 in Pune. He was recovering from surgery. Narlikar challenged the ...