A variation of a puzzle called the “pick-up sticks problem” asks the following question: If I have some number of sticks with random lengths between 0 and 1, what are the chances that no three of ...

From zero to the Fibonacci sequence, ancient Indian scholars like Baudhayana, Brahmagupta, and Madhava pioneered groundbreaking mathematics centuries before Europe.

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The stable or robust transfer of matter, information, or energy, from one point in space to another is a crucial scientific and technological challenge. In 1983, Nobel laureate D. J. Thouless proposed ...