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Science News
March 10, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Cutting a Pie Is No Piece of Cake Mathematicians find that slicing a pie into fair pieces is harder than divvying up a sheet cake. The problem is that pie cuts are radial, not parallel.   |
Smithsonian
March 2007
Mary K. Miller |
Reading Between the Lines Scientists with high-tech tools are deciphering lost writings of the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes. |
Science News
February 24, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Ancient Islamic Penrose Tiles Medieval Islamic artisans developed a process for creating elaborate, nonrepeating patterns now associated with Penrose tiles. |
Scientific American
March 2007
Gary Stix |
Graph Theory and Teatime Deep in the heart of Microsoft, Jennifer Chayes and Christian Borgs lead a who's who of mathematics and computer science. The goal? To explore anything they please. |
Science News
February 17, 2007
Ivars Peterson |
The Complexity of TipOver and Other Puzzles Solving puzzles such as TipOver and River Crossing can be surprisingly difficult from a mathematical standpoint. |
Science News
February 10, 2007
Ivars Peterson |
Divide-and-Conquer Multiplication The most efficient way to multiply two large numbers is often far from obvious. |
Fast Company
February 1, 2007
Chuck Salter |
She's Got Their Number Brenda Dietrich revels in theory but lives in the real world -- and her team of math geeks is changing the way IBM works. |
Science News
February 3, 2007
Ivars Peterson |
Sudoku Class Sudoku puzzles are showing up in the math classroom. |
Science News
January 27, 2007
Ivars Peterson |
Knitting Network A skein of intriguing mathematical objects comes out of an evening devoted to knitting, crocheting, and other crafts. |
Science News
January 20, 2007
Ivars Peterson |
A Polyhedron with a Hole A polyhedron with seven faces, 14 vertexes, 21 edges, and a hole makes an intriguing lamp. |
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