Marcus du Sautoy uses combinations of peaches and plums and a set of scales, to show how simultaneous equations can be solved. This method didn’t appear in the West until the 19th century, but had ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

FSNet is a new problem-solving tool that can find the optimal solution to an extremely complex problem without violating any of the problem’s many constraints. Developed at MIT, FSNet could help power ...

Researchers at TU Wien have developed numerical models to simulate the movement of fluids in porous materials.