Zero Is Foundational to Modern Mathematics. But It Was Rejected for Centuries Conceptual problems, ideology clashes and xenophobia prevented the concept of zero from catching on for a long time.

What do the integers have in common with the symmetries of a triangle? In the 19th century, mathematicians invented groups as an answer to this question.

Some numbers are so unimaginably large that they defy the bounds of modern mathematics, and now mathematicians are closing in on a number that may mark the edge of this bizarre abyss ...

New or Modern Math fell out of favor in the 1970s, though it may be back again, sparking a familiar debate. Even a brief search for “Modern Math” in YouTube finds videos that explain or debunk ...

Math 113 - Contemporary Mathematics this course is meant to prepare students in non-technical majors for college work, for their careers, and for mathematical challenges of life in general at the ...

Mathematics is one of the oldest disciplines of study. For all its antiquity, however, it is a modern, rapidly growing field. Only 70 years ago, mathematics might have been said to consist of algebra, ...