Light is usually described using quantum mechanics when phenomena like entanglement enter the picture. But a new paper shows ...

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In 1994, an earthquake of a proof shook up the mathematical world. The mathematician Andrew Wiles had finally settled Fermat’s Last Theorem, a central problem in number theory that had remained open ...

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The four stamps, issued by China Post, each depicts pi the mathematical constant, the Pythagorean theorem, Euler's formula and Mobius strip. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] They are enthralled by ...

Emmy Noether showed that fundamental physical laws are just a consequence of simple symmetries. A century later, her insights continue to shape physics. In the fall of 1915, the foundations of physics ...

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In 2022, two high school students created a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean Theorem—something that’s only ever been accomplished by a few professional mathematicians. Now, a new article not ...