I SHALL be grateful if you will allow me to communicate, through your columns, to mathematicians generally, but specially to those engaged in teaching arithmetic, two new rules, which effect such a ...

The US president likes to cite specific numbers to bolster his claims. They are often wildly improbable — or just impossible. Photo: Washington Post US president Donald Trump made a promise at a ...

Trump’s imaginary numbers, from $1.99 gas to 1,500 percent price cuts By Naftali Bendavid The Washington Post,Updated July 27, 2025, 5:28 p.m.

President Donald Trump made a promise at a reception last week for Republican lawmakers that was as impossible as it was specific: He would drive down drug prices by as much as 1,500 percent — ...

Abstract: Prime numbers are fundamental building blocks in various mathematical calculations. We introduce "Just Divide It," a large-screen game designed to engage children in learning about prime ...

For the first time, researchers have seen how light behaves during a mysterious phenomenon called 'imaginary time'. When you shine light through almost any transparent material, the gridlock of ...

A general solution to the cubic equation was long considered impossible, until we gave up the requirement that math reflect reality. Epstein mentioned Trump multiple times in private emails, new ...

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To a nonmathematician, having the letter “i” represent a number that does not quite exist and is “imaginary” can be hard to wrap your head around. If you open your mind to this way of thinking, ...

A new ‘AI divide’ is emerging, and businesses on the wrong side of it are at risk of being quickly outpaced by those with greater AI literacy, according to new research from Microsoft. The study found ...