Pine cones. Stock-market quotations. Sunflowers. Classical architecture. Reproduction of bees. Roman poetry. What do they have in common? In one way or another, these and many more creations of nature ...

Trying variants of a simple mathematical rule that yields interesting results can lead to additional discoveries and curiosities. The numbers 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, and 55 belong to a famous ...

Dima Vonko is a software entrepreneur and writer for trade publications, including Trade2Win and Traders Tips. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a ...

It’s wild to think that a math puzzle from the 1200s is now helping power AI, encryption, and the digital world we live in. Every November 23, math lovers celebrate Fibonacci Day, a nod to the ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

To carry out their calculations, merchants in the early 13th century used an abacus or a system called finger reckoning. Commerce changed when Leonardo of Pisa — known today as Fibonacci — published ...