Studies suggest early math skills are a better predictor of academic success than early reading skills.

The term “mathematical art” usually conjures up images of M.C. Escher’s endless staircases, Möbius-strip ants, and mind-boggling tilings. Or it might remind one of the intimate intertwining ...

Set theory constructs all of mathematics by starting with literally nothing — the null set — which is defined to be zero. The set that contains a single element — the null set — becomes the number 1, ...

Will Computers Redefine the Roots of Math? When a legendary mathematician found a mistake in his own work, he embarked on a computer-aided quest to eliminate human error.