The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1917, the Japanese mathematician Sōichi Kakeya posed what at first seemed like nothing more than a fun exercise in geometry. Lay an ...

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If two people pick alternate slices from a pizza that has been cut unevenly from an off-centre point, common sense suggests one of them will walk away with more. But geometry says otherwise. In the ...

Florida State University's Department of Mathematics is hosting its 11th annual Math Fun Day. The free event is open to the public and will be held on Feb. 7 at the Love Building on FSU's campus.

The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is a prestigious competition featuring talented high school students from around the world, in which competitors solve complicated mathematical problems.

Math fact fluency is the ability to recall basic facts quickly and accurately, forming a foundation for more complex problem-solving. In K-2 classrooms, fluency means solving problems with accuracy, ...