In a world dominated by algorithms, it's common to associate them with a negative bias. Mathematician Clara Grima defends ...

Floating-point arithmetic is a cornerstone of numerical computation, enabling the approximate representation of real numbers in a format that balances range and precision. Its widespread applicability ...

What Is the Luhn Algorithm? The Math Behind Credit Card Transactions Find out how this simple algorithm from the 1960s catches your typos Jack Murtagh Tue, August 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM PDT 6 min read ...

The recent paper studies algorithmic pricing through the lens of game theory, an interdisciplinary field at the border of ...

This summer, battle lines were drawn over a simple math problem: 8 ÷ 2(2 + 2) = ? If you divide 8 by 2 first, you get 16, but if you multiply 2 by (2 + 2) first, you get 1. So, which answer is right?

Back in the hazy olden days of the pre-2000s, navigating between two locations generally required someone to whip out a paper map and painstakingly figure out the most optimal route between those ...