When you see repeating number sequences, you may think it's a coincidence. Perhaps it's your favorite number or you have a special memory associated with it. However, this is no coincidence! It's ...
What better time to contemplate the conundrum that is zero than the start of a new year? Zero is a fairly new concept in human history and even more recent as a number. It wasn't until around the 7th ...
About 2,500 years ago, Babylonian traders in Mesopotamia impressed two slanted wedges into clay tablets. The shapes represented a placeholder digit, squeezed between others, to distinguish numbers ...
The number zero is officially back in the NFL. NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero broke the news Tuesday that a successful proposal from the Philadelphia Eagles will allow players to sport a No. 0 on ...
What is the most important number in the entirety of mathematics? Ok, that’s a pretty silly question – out of infinite possibilities, how could you possibly choose? I suppose a big hitter like 2 or 10 ...
(from left) Prof. Florian Mormann and Esther Kutter, together with Prof. Andreas Nieder from the University of Tübingen, clarify the neuronal basis of the mathematical concept of “zero”. Despite its ...
Around 2,500 years ago, Babylonian traders in Mesopotamia impressed two slanted wedges into clay tablets. The shapes represented a placeholder digit, squeezed between others, to distinguish numbers ...
About 2,500 years ago, Babylonian traders in Mesopotamia impressed two slanted wedges into clay tablets. The shapes represented a placeholder digit, squeezed between others, to distinguish numbers ...