On Tuesday, at Oberlin High School, a student had been completing a math problem that required drawing the square-root sign. Deputies say another student made a comment that the symbol looked like a ...

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra's oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers, such ...

A mathematician has built an algebraic solution to an equation that was once believed impossible to solve. The equations are fundamental to maths as well as science, where they have broad applications ...