In a recent study, mathematicians from Freie Universität Berlin have demonstrated that planar tiling, or tessellation, is much more than a way to create a pretty pattern. Consisting of a surface ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Tessellations are created when a shape is repeated over and over again, covering a plane without any ...

The Mathematics Teacher (MT), an official journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, is devoted to improving mathematics instruction from grade 8-14 and supporting teacher education ...

This lively journal is produced five times per year and includes contributions from mathematics practitioners. It reflects the best of current thinking and practice. In addition to articles covering ...

In an inventive but somewhat pedantic story about math, Enzo—a wizard’s son—struggles to perform spells, which only result in messes. When Enzo’s father is away, the miserly castle housekeeper demands ...

The Japanese Space Flyer Unit with solar array unfurled. Photographed from the approaching space shuttle Endeavour during mission STS-72. Credit: NASA Say you’re going to launch a satellite into space ...