“Why bring together two fields that seem to many people so very disparate? What could mathematics and poetry share, except that the mention of either one is sometimes enough to bring an uneasy chill ...

A year after he started his Ph.D. in mathematics at McGill University, Matt Bowen had a problem. “I took my qualifying exams and did absolutely horribly on them,” he said. Bowen was sure that his ...

“Why bring together two fields that seem to many people so very disparate" What could mathematics and poetry share, except that the mention of either one is sometimes enough to bring an uneasy chill ...

An example of a linear sequence. A list of numbers or diagrams that are in a particular order is called a sequence close sequenceA sequence is a set of numbers that follow a certain rule. For example, ...

"Patterns and Waves in Theory, Experiment, and Application" by Dr. Jason Bramburger, from our very own Department of Mathematics and Statistics, is an engaging article aimed at high school students ...

Many years ago, a friend showed me this bit of mathematical trivia that thrilled us both no end: And then there’s the one I believed, for a while, was my own totally innovative discovery (it wasn’t).

This lavishly illustrated book provides a hands-on, step-by-step introduction to the intriguing mathematics of symmetry. Instead of breaking up patterns into blocks--a sort of potato-stamp ...