Think back to middle school algebra, like 2 a + b. Those letters are parameters: Assign them values and you get a result. In ...

A classic math rule now handles infinity. New work strengthens the math behind physics and unbounded systems. % ...

It took 125 years, but in 2025 a team of mathematicians discovered the solution to a long-puzzling problem about the ...

Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and ...

Thanks to the IRS MATH Act, the IRS must now explain mistakes in plain English, show any adjustments, and put your 60-day appeal deadline front and center. It will be a major upgrade from previously ...

(THE REPORTER) — Now that everyone has mini-supercomputers that pretend to be phones in their pockets, it can be challenging to get young people to learn problem-solving skills that do not involve ...

Regarding the Bloomberg guest editorial, “For too many kids, math isn’t adding up” (Nov. 20 print edition): Memorizing math rules does not always lead to understanding math problems. It may lead to ...

I need some help. I didn’t learn what people call the “new math,” and I’m wondering if I need it to grasp some of the decision-making I’m now seeing in football. Allow me to give you an example from ...

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It’s a complaint many algebra teachers are familiar with, as more letters and symbols are introduced with progressively harder courses in mathematics. But why did the plus symbol emerge as the ...