Reviewed by Robert C. KellyFact checked by Yarilet PerezReviewed by Robert C. KellyFact checked by Yarilet Perez Arrow's impossibility theorem is a social-choice paradox illustrating the flaws of ...

For generations, Indian students have learnt it simply as the Pythagoras Theorem. In a quiet but significant shift, the Class ...

Chris Wiggins, an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University, offers this explanation. A patient goes to see a doctor. The doctor performs a test with 99 percent ...

NCERT’s new Class 8 maths book now calls it the Baudhayana–Pythagoras Theorem, crediting ancient Indian scholar Baudhayana.

“You don’t have to believe in God, but you have to believe in The Book,” the Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős once said. The Book, which only exists in theory, contains the most elegant proofs of ...

Discover how the Irrelevance Proposition Theorem explains debt's impact in corporate finance, its origin by Nobel-winning economists, and insights into its real-world applications.

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