In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation ...

IT is recorded that when a pupil asked Confucius what he would do first if he had absolute power, the Master replied “I should reform language”. (The development of the theme in the text of the ...

This post shows how to change what the Fn keys do in Windows 11/10. The Fn or the Function key is a meta-modifier key used to activate secondary functions or special features on certain keys. The ...

This film discusses the concept of functions in mathematics, emphasizing their importance and modern formulations. It explains how to create ordered pairs from a set of numbers and illustrates how ...

Functions are fundamental in mathematics, describing relationships between inputs and outputs. For instance, linear functions are used to describe proportional relationships such as calculating cost ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. David Bessis was drawn to mathematics for the same reason that many people are driven away: He didn’t understand how it worked. Unlike ...

Lib Dem proposal is passed by 137 votes to 135 with some Labour backbench support but is unlikely to become law MPs have voted narrowly in favour of introducing a proportional representation electoral ...

As a person with a chronic illness, I'm no stranger to bloodwork. I used to pore over my lab results, googling the various meanings, and trying not to panic when a test fell out of range. Function ...

A strange pattern running through the equations of physics may reveal something fundamental about the universe or could be a sign that human brains are biased to ignore more complex explanations of ...

“What is the virtue of a proportional response?” asks President Jed Bartlet of his National Security Council (NSC) in one episode of The West Wing. “They hit an airplane, so we hit a transmitter, ...