What is the most bizarre real number that you can imagine? Probably many people think of an irrational number such as pi (π) or Euler’s number. And indeed, such values can be considered “wild.” After ...

For 50 years, mathematicians have believed that the total number of real numbers is unknowable. A new proof suggests otherwise. In October 2018, David Asperó was on holiday in Italy, gazing out a car ...

I’m in Regensburg this week attending a workshop on Interactions of Proof Assistants and Mathematics. One of the lecture series is being given by John Harrison, a Senior Principal Applied Scientist in ...

Real numbers are at the center of our mathematical reasoning about the world around us. Computational problems, from computing the number π to predicting an asteroid’s trajectory, all deal with real ...

Imaginary numbers might seem like unicorns and goblins — interesting but irrelevant to reality. But for describing matter at its roots, imaginary numbers turn out to be essential. They seem to be ...

CBSE Class 10 Mathematics begins with Chapter 1: Real Numbers, one of the most important and scoring topics in the syllabus. This chapter lays the foundation for advanced mathematical concepts such as ...