We generally associate the origins of mathematical thinking with the emergence of writing, about five to six thousand years ago. However, a new study challenges this assumption looking at floral ...

Mathematicians finally understand the behavior of an important class of differential equations that describe everything from water pressure to oxygen levels in human tissues. The trajectory of a storm ...

Graduates toss their caps into the air after the Millikan High School commencement ceremony with 788 graduates in Long Beach, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova. The Long Beach Unified ...

Long Beach high schoolers might soon get a little more breathing room in their schedules. Long Beach Unified School District officials are floating a plan to cut the district's math graduation ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...