From Quanta Magazine (find original story here). In 1847, Gabriel Lamé proved Fermat’s Last Theorem. Or so he thought. Lamé was a French mathematician who had made many important discoveries. In March ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t be said when we’re asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it’s 144).

Binary and hexadecimal numbers systems underpin the way modern computer systems work. Low-level interactions with hexadecimal (hex) and binary are uncommon in the world of Java programming, but ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

Have you ever sat in a math classroom and wondered, “When will I ever use this?” You might have asked yourself this question when you first encountered “imaginary” numbers, and with good reason: What ...

The solution exists for a compromise between Republicans and Democrats—and it’s all in the numbers. Let me finish tonight with this. We have been left a great number system. It was developed by Arab ...

What you need to know about the format of the 4-byte ASN, how it interoperates with 2-byte ASNs, and how to prepare your network for them. For all the harping I do on this blog about IPv4 address ...

Rob Nicholls receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Centre for International Finance and Regulation. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party. Charlotte Ann Penel receives ...

For centuries, mathematicians tried to solve problems by adding new values to the usual numbers. Now they’re investigating the unintended consequences of that tinkering. In 1847, Gabriel Lamé proved ...