To solve a mathematical problem, such as which of two products is less expensive, we use abstract rules that dictate how to structure, process and evaluate numerical information. New research shows ...

In an editorial published by the American Mathematical Society, mathematicians from the US Naval Academy and the University of Washington noted that, because so much mathematical research is now ...

For novices, functions are one of the most intimidating features of OpenOffice.org's Calc. Newcomers quickly learn that functions are a main feature of spreadsheets, but there are almost four hundred, ...

Expanding our understanding of the relationship between brain size and brain power, researchers discover that bees can do basic arithmetic Researchers have found bees can do basic mathematics, in a ...

Richard Elwes reports on Harvey Friedman’s fascinating work on incompleteness in Boolean relation theory, but it is quite a stretch to extend his work to ask “are the rules of arithmetic… unsound?” ...