A survey of contemporary topics in mathematics such as: voting systems and power, apportionment, fair division of divisible and indivisible assets, efficient distribution, scheduling and routing, ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it may seem like geometry and trigonometry were created by the Greeks as a form ...

Praxis the robot and Alan the “human man” attempt to land a plane using their knowledge of trigonometry. Luckily, the plane is full of ancient mathematicians who fill in some history of the ...

Trigonometric identities might seem like abstract mathematical concepts, but they're actually powerful problem-solving tools that can transform seemingly impossible equations into manageable solutions ...

A small clay tablet that is 3,700 years old may be about to make studying trigonometry much easier, thanks to the work of an Australian mathematician. Babylonians approach to calculating triangles ...