Agnesi was the first woman to write a mathematics textbook and to be appointed to a university chair in math, yet her life was marked by paradox. Though brilliant, rich and famous, she eventually ...

"This is a problem that many of the world's greatest mathematicians have worked on, and for good reason—in addition to having the appeal of being relatively simple to state yet extremely deep ...

Every year, mathematicians, educators, and enthusiasts mark March 14 as Pi Day, celebrating one of the most fundamental ...