A number machine is a way of writing rules using a flow diagram. The equation \(3j - 6 = 9\) can be shown on a number machine by writing out the functions that have been applied to \(j\) in the order ...

Mr and Mrs Wallace hire a van for moving house. They see this advert in the local paper and decide to use this company. When they hand the van back, their bill comes to £59. How many hours did they ...

Grade school math students are likely familiar with teachers admonishing them not to just guess the answer to a problem. But a new proof establishes that, in fact, the right kind of guessing is ...

Luis Caffarelli has won the 2023 Abel prize, unofficially called the Nobel prize for mathematics, for his work on a class of equations that describe many real-world physical systems, from melting ice ...