Explore the roots of math anxiety in students and discover strategies to foster confidence and understanding in mathematics.

This video explores one of Leonhard Euler’s most elegant ideas, showing how factorials can be used to connect π, square roots, and one-half in a surprising and beautiful way. Through clear ...

There are few things more pleasing to your average mathematician than when a result surprises you. Take e, for example – a transcendentally irrational number equal to a little more than 2.7 – and ...

Years ago, no math education was complete without understanding how to compute a square root. Today, you are probably just reaching for a calculator, or if you are writing a program, you’ll probably ...

Years ago, no math education was complete without understanding how to compute a square root. Today, you are probably just reaching for a calculator, or if you are writing a program, you’ll probably ...

Draw four lines beginning and ending at the gray points to break this square into pieces that can be rearranged into five identical squares. Show puzzle solution Bonus: Suppose you can use any number ...

Today is Cinco de Mayo. And this year, the fifth of May is filled with mathematical joy. It is — Square Root Day! It all started in 1981. "I was writing a check in late August," says Ron Gordon, who ...

In the 36 years since its creation, Pi Day has become a widely celebrated holiday, one that is not just for math nerds or those with a sweet tooth. The holiday always falls on March 14, but retired ...

May is almost here, bringing warmer weather and various holidays, such as Mother's Day, Memorial Day and Cinco de Mayo. While Cinco de Mayo is the most popular reason to celebrate May 5, this year, ...

American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 138, No. 3 (June 2016), pp. 821-878 (58 pages) Let f be a modular form of weight k and Nebentypus ψ. By generalizing a construction of Dabrowski and Delbourgo, we ...