Researchers have found a fractal pattern underlying everyday math. In the process, they’ve discovered a way to calculate partition numbers, a challenge that’s stymied mathematicians for centuries.

For centuries, some of the greatest names in math have tried to make sense of partition numbers, the basis for adding and counting. Many mathematicians added major pieces to the puzzle, but all of ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In playwright Ira Hauptman's work, "Partition," British mathematician Harold Hardy ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Hello Brainiacs. It's Ms Kirszman. Let's get mathematical. To warm up our brains, I've got a great ...

You're familiar with partition numbers, even if you don't recognize the term; even kindergartners know them. The partition of a number is all the ways that you can use integers to add up to that ...

In the realm of mathematics, it’s hard to imagine anything more basic than the counting numbers: 1, 2, 3, and so on. Yet this set of mathematical objects abounds with beautiful and unexpected patterns ...

Addition involves finding the total of two or more numbers or amounts. There are different things you can use to help you add. You can use number lines, place value charts and place value counters.

Mathematicians are unveiling new theories that answer famous old questions about partition numbers, the basis for adding and counting. They have devised the first finite formula to calculate the ...