How to safely reopen offices, schools and other public spaces while keeping people six feet apart comes down to a question mathematicians have been studying for centuries. Sphere packing might seem ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We construct a counterexample to the "hot spots" conjecture; there exists a bounded connected planar domain (with two holes) such that the ...

Before high school, statistics and geometry often get shunted to the end of the academic year, increasing the odds that teachers may not get to them. The tips, examples, and resources below can help ...

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Learn more. On a ...

Watch out, nerdy high schoolers, AlphaGeometry is coming for your mathematical lunch. Credit...Christian Gralingen Supported by By Siobhan Roberts Reported from Stanford, Calif. For four years, the ...