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You don't need to be a master mathematician to know that numbers hold special meanings—both personal and cultural. Maybe you wore your lucky number seven on every soccer jersey, or perhaps you painted ...

Do you find 111 on your phone lock screen? Is your Netflix show paused at 22:22? Your usual coffee bill is ₹444? Then lighten up because the angels are around you. Success in our endeavours, a helping ...

In the early 1970s mathematician Donald Knuth spent a sabbatical with his wife in Norway. The time was meant to be spent relaxing. Yet one night he woke up his partner in a state of agitation. He ...

In a special series, IDEAS explores the origins, history and lessons of numbers. From zero representing nothing, to the magic of three, to five always getting in the middle of things, and going the ...

Mathematicians were disturbed, centuries ago, to find that calculating the properties of certain curves demanded the seemingly impossible: numbers that, when multiplied by themselves, turn negative.

Mathematicians are stunned by the discovery that prime numbers are pickier than previously thought. The find suggests number theorists need to be a little more careful when exploring the vast infinity ...

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