
Happy birthday quantum mechanics!
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics we bring together some of our introductory material on this marvellous theory. Expand your mind and enjoy!
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics we bring together some of our introductory material on this marvellous theory. Expand your mind and enjoy!
Artificial intelligence is changing all our lives - even the lives of mathematicians! Yang-Hui He tells us about his exciting new conjecture, developed with the help of AI, that reveals patterns in the prime numbers that look like flocks of birds.
We're helping the Government Office for Science to bring you an Olympic challenge for National Numeracy Day!
Group theory is the mathematics of symmetry and structure. On this page, find out what a group is and how to think about them.
If a shape has equal sides and all 90 degree angles then it's a square, right? Well, wrong! Find out how to draw right-angled triangles and even pentagons in this short article.
Meet the number that's bigger than the observable Universe!
The beautiful rose curve has an odd pattern to the number of its petals – this student and teacher team explain why...
The golden ratio has many amazing properties. But is it really a secret of nature and the epitome of beauty?
How many people should you date before settling for a relationship?
For over 250 years minimal surfaces have been playing hide and seek with mathematicians. But what are they and why are they interesting?
To celebrate today we revisit interviews with four women mathematicians who are not only brilliant at doing the maths, but also at communicating it to wider audiences.
We can't visualise it, but we can still think about it! And there are clever ways of glimpsing what it might look like.
A new language to talk about quantum physics is making calculations a whole lot easier.
In this episode of the Living proof podcast we talk to Sarah Hart about how she combines maths, literature and history in her interesting career.
In time for the award of the Abel Prize to this year's winner we explore our coverage of the Prize since it was first awarded in 2003.
To make informed decisions regarding AI politicians need to talk to the mathematicians and scientists who develop it. In this episode of Maths on the Move we report on Evidence Week, an event in Parliament that enabled mathematicians and policy makers to exchange ideas.
There's a romantic vision of mathematicians only needing pen and paper for their work. Here's why this is far from the truth when it comes to mathematical modelling, used to solve problems in the real world.
When did humans first start to count? A cave in France may contain the earliest evidence.