Math Trek

  1. Mathematics by collaboration

    The Polymath project harnesses the power of the Internet to use massive collaboration to solve a major problem in record time

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  2. Math

    The four color problem gets a sharp new hue

    Mathematicians find new answers to the still puzzling theorem that four colors suffice to color any map.

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  3. Math

    Mathematician answers Supreme Court plea

    New, fair method for dividing states into congressional districts could reduce political squabbles.

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  4. Life

    Darwin: The reluctant mathematician

    Despite disliking mathematics, the great biologist inadvertently advanced statistics.

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  5. Math

    When art and math collide

    An exhibit of mathematical art reveals the aesthetic side of math.