The launch of Roots of Unity was just in time for this year's Joint Mathematics Meetings, a mathapalooza put on by the two largest professional mathematical societies (the American Mathematical ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American You may know tomorrow, June 28, as Tau Day, a ...

Although it recurs every year, June 28, or the 28th day of the 6th month, is special. It represents the only day of the year where both the date and the month correspond numerically to the first two ...

You may know today, June 28, as Tau Day, a celebration of the number 2π, which some people believe to be the superior circle constant. I prefer to observe the most mathematically perfect day of the ...