Our Ability to Think in Terms of Numbers Is Universal and Independent From Language
Most people learn to count and do basic arithmetic at a young age and don’t give these skills a second thought. But numerosity or numeracy, the ability to think about and use numbers, is more ...
A matrix instead of a number: New model reimagines R for infectious disease spread
U.S. sociologist Scott Feld wrote, "Your friends have more friends than you do." Feld's so-called friendship paradox states that the friends of any given person have more friends on average than the ...
CVT Vs. DCT Transmission: What's The Difference?
Automatic transmissions come in multiple flavors, including CVT and DCT. Here are the differences between the two and which ...
There’s a New Way to Count Prime Numbers
To make progress on one of number theory’s most elementary questions, two mathematicians turned to an unlikely source.
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There’s an infinity of infinities. And researchers just found two new infinities that break the rules of math
Mathematicians have long categorized infinities into a hierarchy where some infinities are larger than others. For example, ...
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These Prime Numbers Are So Memorable That People Hunt for Them
Math enthusiasts challenge one another to find special prime numbers, including those that are palindromes and Smarandache ...