In August, a team of mathematicians posted a paper claiming to solve a major problem in algebraic geometry — using entirely alien techniques. It instantly captivated the field, stoking excitement in ...

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before numbers were written down. By closely studying Halafian pottery, researchers ...

Some of the earliest artistic expressions of botanical motifs could indicate that humans developed mathematical and geometric thinking thousands of years before they could write out their calculations ...

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Learn how ancient pottery covered in flowers may be humanity’s first attempts at mathematical thinking. Long before numbers were written down or equations etched into clay tablets, early farming ...

When you study mathematics and statistics at the University of Helsinki, some of the best mathematicians and statisticians in the world are your instructors. Studies in this Master’s programme will ...

Long before numbers were written down or equations etched into clay tablets, early farming communities may have been doing math - with flowers. A new study, published in the Journal of World ...

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the American cartoonist Crockett Johnson created a series of paintings on mathematical subjects. They’re based on theorems, laws, and mathematical figures, but ...