This weekend, the Franklin Institute opens its summer exhibition about mathematical patterns that recur in nature. Its centerpiece is a 1,700-square-foot maze of mirrors, set in a grid of equilateral ...

Penn Engineers have developed a new way to use AI to solve inverse partial differential equations (PDEs), a particularly ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Mathematics can help us to draw real-life ...

Sean Gourley: When we sat down and looked at a conflict like Iraq, we saw that there were very strong mathematical patterns in size of attacks. And then when we looked at a conflict in a different ...

Mathematical patterns reveal profound truths about the universe and, surprisingly, about our inner lives as well. These five visual math concepts offer unique frameworks for understanding our behavior ...

A study of young adults with backgrounds in mathematics or music found that individuals with better mathematical abilities ...

As a grape slowly dries and shrivels, its surface creases, ultimately taking on the wrinkled form of a raisin. Similar patterns can be found on the surfaces of other dried materials, as well as in ...