Without the theorem of the excluded middle, all kinds of difficulties arise. In fact, many mathematical proofs are based on ...

Mathematicians who call themselves ultrafinitists think that extremely large numbers are holding back science, from logic to ...

So what's going on with infinity? "This calculation is one of the best-kept secrets in math," said Edward Frenkel, a mathematics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of ...

Last week, my first grader came home with thoughts about math (I love it when she does that!) She said that, since one hundred plus ten was “one hundred and ten”, that, therefore, infinity plus ten ...

“Leaning Towards Infinity: How My Mother’s Apron Unfolds Into My Life,” by Sue Woolfe. Vintage Books. 393 pages. $24.95. If you tilt the number eight on its side, its voluptuous c… ...

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 13, 2022, Section D, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: They’re Taking Jigsaws To Infinity and Beyond.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A blindfolded surprise for two students at Chicago Public Schools' Infinity Math, Science and Technology High School during an assembly on Wednesday. It's all for making a ...