Greek mathematics is considered one of the great intellectual achievements of antiquity. It has been decisive to the academic and cultural development of Western civilization. The three Roman authors ...

Mathematics in Mesopotamia : Where did mathematics begin? ; Political history in Mesopotamia ; The number symbols ; Arithmetic operations ; Babylonian algebra ; Babylonian geometry ; The uses of ...

He was the mathematician who ran through the streets shouting “Eureka!” — but that was only a glimpse of his genius.

What does it mean, when a bank takes a 21% haircut on its Greek debt? With the release of Deutsche Bank’s (DB) results yesterday we have an interesting case in point: the bank took an impairment ...

Computers are working to solve an age-old geometry problem. Humans can’t “square the circle” by hand, which was proven in the 1800s. Computer solutions involve infinity, complexity, and some ...