A 'simple' math sequence has left the internet puzzled, proving that it may be far more complex than it appears at first glance. The mathematical brain teaser, posted by X user Bholanath DuttaFounder, ...

Introduce children to patterns, and help them learn to recognise the mathematical rules behind them, describe patterns and create their own, with these ideas from Sheila Ebbutt and Carole Skinner ...

Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci, introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals to Europe in 1202. His famous number sequence began as a simple rabbit puzzle.

A 'simple' math sequence has left the internet puzzled, proving that it may be far more complex than it appears at first glance. The mathematical brain teaser, posted by X user Bholanath DuttaFounder, ...

Do you know what Fibonacci Day is? This holiday honors Leonardo Bonacci, also known as Fibonacci, one of the finest medieval mathematicians. Fibonacci is best known for writing Liber Abaci ("The Book ...

This weird, simple, math sequence is also known as the Audioactive Sequence, presumably to make it sound less goofy than ‘speak-n’-spell.’ It is that simple, and it is that funny. When a million ...

Pine cones. Stock-market quotations. Sunflowers. Classical architecture. Reproduction of bees. Roman poetry. What do they have in common? In one way or another, these and many more creations of nature ...

Extracting regularities from temporal sequences of events is central to human cognition. By identifying patterns, people form predictions about upcoming events. If, when waiting at a train crossing, ...

“Do you see the pattern? Each number in the series after the first two numbers is the sum of the preceding two numbers.” That’s how I began my last column focusing on the Fibonacci sequence, which ...