In Math, we often talk of how a function behaves as a variable approaches limits at infinity. That is, if we let “x” take on larger and larger values, what happens to the value of “y” it creates? It ...

When mathematician Georg Cantor first glimpsed the true nature of infinity, it changed mathematics forever. He demonstrated that infinity isn’t just endless—it exists in different sizes, each opening ...

Cheng (How to Bake π), a scientist in residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and honorary fellow at Sheffield University, tackles some difficult concepts in this superb study of the ...

Iyyun: The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly / עיון: רבעון פילוסופי, כרך‎ 61, חוברת‎ 2, Mathematical Knowledge and Its Applications: In Honor of Mark Steiner (January–July 2012), pp. 129-148 (20 pages ...

Our semi-annual journal is published by the University of Arkansas Department of Philosophy. Philosophical Topics publishes contributions to all areas of philosophy, each issue being devoted to the ...

In upstate New York, two algorithmic artists make wooden puzzles inspired by natural forms. By Siobhan Roberts PALENVILLE, N.Y. — On a meandering mushroom hunt at North-South Lake in the Catskill ...

Last week, my first grader came home with thoughts about math (I love it when she does that!) She said that, since one hundred plus ten was “one hundred and ten”, that, therefore, infinity plus ten ...