The proof of the four color problem remained elusive for over a century, until two mathematicians with a computer took a closer look.

If you've ever been lost, you've experienced the frustrations of folding up a map. L. Mahadevan, a professor of applied mathematics at Harvard University, has studied wrinkles and folds, and joins ...

Math Works Great—Until You Try to Map It Onto the World A 115-year effort to bridge the particle and fluid descriptions of nature has led mathematicians to an unexpected answer.

Maps made with this technique are called Voronoi diagrams, and he’s made maps of the world and the US that use the technique. The results are fascinating — and beautiful.

THIS book, in the earlier chapters, traces the history of projection, and presents an account of the general theory, together with deductions. Then follows a chapter on the theory of the ...

Annals of Mathematics, a distinguished journal of research papers in pure mathematics, was founded in 1884. Annals of Mathematics is published bimonthly with the cooperation of Princeton University ...

News SMU team generated 1.5M district maps, but none were as gerrymandered as Texas’ pick Using math and computer software, the researchers measure the bias of district maps.

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) has released the Math Skills Map, latest in its series of 21st century skills maps for core academic subjects.