Math equations can feel like a banal abstraction without images to make sense of the strings of numbers, letters, and Greek symbols. Consider the Pythagorean theorem, an essential relation in ...

Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come From a Century-Old Approach to Math. The laws of physics imply that the passage of time is an illusion. To avoid this conclusion, we might have to rethink the ...

A powerful mathematical technique is used to model melting ice and other phenomena. But it has long been imperiled by certain “nightmare scenarios.” A new proof has removed that obstacle.