Our method is a first step toward developing a new mathematical toolkit to uncover the structure of neural circuits with unknown function in the brain." The method -- clique topology -- was developed ...

I don’t typically write responses to other opinion pieces, but there was one two weeks ago about new techniques in elementary math education that has inspired me. The main complaint was that there are ...

The narrative of Mathematics in Indian schools has been one of anxiety. A 2021 survey shows 82% of students in Classes 7-10 experience fear towards Mathematics. The narrative of Mathematics in Indian ...

Humans are born to do math, and they have the brain infrastructure to prove it—including a cluster of specialized nerve cells for processing numbers. Despite this dedicated cluster, mathematical ...

David Bessis was drawn to mathematics for the same reason that many people are driven away: He didn’t understand how it worked. Unlike other creative processes, like making music, which can be heard, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. David Bessis was drawn to mathematics for the same reason that many people are driven away: He didn’t understand how it worked. Unlike ...