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Today, prime numbers and their properties are studied in number theory, a branch of mathematics and active area of research today. Informally, a positive counting number larger than one is prime ...

Bambah had expressed his wish to donate his body to PGIMER for medical research, which his two daughters will honour Former Panjab University (PU) vice-chancellor and eminent mathematician ...

In 1900, David Hilbert listed 23 challenges that baffled mathematicians worldwide. One of those problems, known as Hilbert’s sixth problem, questioned whether math could capture the deepest laws of ...

One of the key figures behind this world-shattering event was the mathematician and physicist John Von Neumann, a member of the Manhattan Project. Though his name might not be familiar ...

Known digits of pi: More than 105 trillion digits Digits of pi NASA uses for equations: 16 digits Mathematics is the science that deals with the logic of shape, numbers and arrangement.

John Nash was a brilliant mathematician who is best known for his contributions to game theory. However, his academic career was curtailed due to his struggle with paranoid schizophrenia, which caused ...

A new proof illuminates the hidden patterns that emerge when addition becomes impossible. The simplest ideas in mathematics can also be the most perplexing. Take addition. It’s a straightforward ...

2013 Innovation Kaboom is the debut set for what has become the unquestioned insert of the Panini era. This card signifies LeBron's first appearance in the series and is one of just 12 PSA 10s.

Dan, currently serving as the Mayor of Bucharest, is no stranger to success. Romania has elected mathematician Nicusor Dan as its new president. Dan secured 54% of the vote, defeating nationalist ...