Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul. Work by Ingres. It was during this period that he came into contact with the theorems. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons His political stance allowed him to ...

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 ...

In a country in which more than 60% of learners lag behind foundational mathematics concepts, Reflective Learning is transforming the way South Africa tackles education. Born from a deep understanding ...

THIS volume is much more than a revised edition of the well-known course of “School Geometry” by the same authors: there are differences alike in matter, plan, and presentation so substantial that it ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1994, an earthquake of a proof shook up the mathematical world. The mathematician Andrew Wiles had finally settled Fermat’s Last ...

The Pythagorean theorem, a cornerstone of mathematics for millennia, provides a method for determining unknown sides in right-angled triangles using the formula a² + b² = c². Its applications extend ...

South Africa’s children are in the grip of a major maths crisis with pupils in thousands of schools across the country unable to obtain more than 30% for a standardised maths test. City Press obtained ...

Born in Leeds, Joe finished his Spanish degree in 2018 before becoming an English teacher to football (soccer) players and managers, as well as collaborating with various football media outlets in ...

In a remarkable achievement that has stunned the scientific community, two high school students from Louisiana have unveiled a new proof of the famous Pythagorean theorem—one of the cornerstones of ...