When it comes to teaching math, a debate has persisted for decades: How, and to what degree, should algorithms be a focus of learning math? The step-by-step procedures are among the most debated ...

R esearchers have successfully used a quantum algorithm to solve a complex century-old mathematical problem long considered ...

The University of Wisconsin Department of Mathematics and UW-iSchool partnered with the University Lectures Committee to host mathematician Cathy O’Neil Tuesday evening at the Fluno Center. O’Neil is ...

Mathematics once felt like a subject confined to classrooms, dusty chalkboards, or the pages of old textbooks. Yet today, it has escaped those boundaries ...

Methods similar to this go back thousands of years, at least to the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians. But is this really the best way to multiply two big numbers together? Around 1956, the famous ...

DAVIDSON, N.C., March 10 (UPI) -- A North Carolina math professor said he and his students have been working on algorithms for March Madness basketball tournament brackets. Professor Tim Chartier said ...