Imaginary numbers are numbers that cannot be quantified, like the square root of -1. The number, denoted as i, can be used for equations and formulas, but is not a real number that can be used in ...

Numbers game: Is math the language of nature or just a ... mathematics described "real" stuff that nevertheless didn’t exist as a physical object in the real world — abstract structures ...

Weird Math David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee Basic Books, $27. Weird Math sets out to “reveal the strange connections between math and everyday life.” The book fulfills that laudable goal, in ...

An Infinity of Infinities. Yes, infinity comes in many sizes. In 1873, the German mathematician Georg Cantor shook math to the core when he discovered that the “real” numbers that fill the number line ...

Acting as if math isn’t challenging is problematic. It can lead to “math anxiety” that cascades down through generations. Around 93% of U.S. adults indicate that they suffer from some level ...

For decades, educators have assumed that learning arithmetic in school helps students solve real-world problems. Yet, a new ...

Crunching numbers with purpose: Real world math at MSU solves community problems. Contact: Kaitlyn Yeatman STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State Instructor II Kim Walters is using her Math in Your World ...

Is Math Real? Eugenia Cheng Basic Books, $30. Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living.

Without irrational numbers we don’t have the continuum of the real numbers, which makes geometry and physics and engineering either harder or downright impossible to do. Conceptual math is very ...