A new study reveals that Srinivasa Ramanujan’s century-old formulas for calculating pi unexpectedly emerge within modern theories of critical phenomena, turbulence, and black holes. In school, many of ...

Ramanujan's pi-computing machinery exactly mirrors the necessary structure in modern physical theories (LCFTs).

Penn’s Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives David Asch was referenced in a 2015 email exchange between his high ...

Nearly nine out of ten campuses offering physics courses offer an algebra- and trigonometry-based course; nonetheless, this ...

Physicists have transformed a decades-old technique for simplifying quantum equations into a reusable, user-friendly "conversion table" that works on a laptop and returns results within hours.

A 20-year-old planetarium, never used before, rediscovered by accident, now helps students explore constellations from new perspectives.

By combining the language of groups with that of geometry and linear algebra, Marius Sophus Lie created one of math’s most ...

The universe occasionally produces a huge surprise that proves physicists wrong, says Kip Thorne, who grew up in Logan, Utah, ...

What if the famous P vs NP problem isn’t just about algorithms but about the observers trying to solve them? Research ...

Teaching STEM subjects can be difficult, because many students lack confidence and motivation to tackle those courses and the academic rigor they require. Nearly half of teachers say they’ve asked ...

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