Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

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The New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said that his background doesn’t fit neatly into simple categories. Others say they’ve struggled with the same issue. By Shawn Hubler Natalie Bishop was a ...

So how to best describe Americans’ relationship with math? The answer is, well, a lot like multivariable calculus: It’s complicated. A national Gallup study reveals that more than 90% of American ...