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Physicists develop mathematical model that predicts tumour growth

Heidelberg - According to an article in New Scientist magazine, physicists have developed a mathematical model which shows how tumours evolve.

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Mathematicians create a perfect head of creamy stout

Limerick - Irish mathematicians have been researching the way beer bubbles form and have come up with what they think is the perfect formula for a creamy head of stout.

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World Maths Day unites children around the world

On Tuesday millions of children from around the world played online arithmetic games to raise money for UNICEF and to get their name on the prestigious ‘Hall of Fame’ honour board.

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Fractals genius Mandelbrot dies of cancer aged 85

The mathematician best known for his work with fractals, Benoit Mandelbrot, has died at the age of 85. He was suffering from cancer.

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‘God’s Number’ for the Rubik’s Cube is 20

A team of researchers has finally cracked all the combinations possible to solve a Rubik’s Cube and shown that they all can be done in 20 moves or less - 'God's Number' -, according to mathematical results which are now available online.

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World's smartest man turns down $1 million prize

A Russian who is said to be the smartest man in the world has turned down a $1 million prize for solving one of the most difficult problems in mathematics.

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Nine year old starts university course in Hong Kong

While everyone’s bemoaning the loss of mathematical skills, China’s March Tian Boedihardjo hasn’t been waiting for puberty to arrive. He started at Hong Kong Baptist University yesterday.

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Free 65 Online Mathematics Textbooks

Free Online Source for Mathematics Textbooks

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Romance Mathematics

ROMANCE MATHEMATICS Smart man + smart woman = romance Smart man + dumb woman = affair Dumb man + smart woman = marriage Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy ______________________________ SHOPPING MATH A man will pay $20 for a $10 item he needs. A...

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AUDIO: Moore's mathematical inspiration

A new exhibition of Henry Moore's sculpture opens today, celebrating the sculptor's perhaps less well documented obsession with science and the precise mathematics of geometric form.

Golf app aims to perfect putting

Golfers around the world could soon be thanking a mathematics professor from Moncton for improving their putting.

Subways share universal structure

A study of the world's largest subway networks shows they share a number of mathematical features, irrespective of their age or location.

Pi Day sliced 3.14 ways

Today marks the mathematically quirky Pi Day, celebrated because the month and day of today's date — 3/14 — correspond to the first three digits of π, the unique number that has infinite decimal places but begins with 3.14.