It was this work that Muhammad ibn-Musa al-Khwarizmi in the 9th century was to expand on so successfully. Khwarizmi became known as “the father of algebra” and gave his name to algorithms. The same ...

Q: This week’s question comes courtesy of Reynaldo Ramos: “We call the numbering system we use today ‘Arabic numerals.’ We all know that this number system was invented by the ...

I refer to the letter Whimsical interpretation of Islam wrong . Perhaps it would be useful for Abdul Rahman Abdul Talib to enlighten us on the origin of numbers since he seems to be convinced they ...

Who knows exactly what a new poll says about mathematics in America, but the reactions to a recent poll on the topic are a little alarming. When CivicScience, a Pittsburgh-based market research firm, ...

Another year adds another Roman numeral to the NFL's biggest game: the Super Bowl. This year, that number stands as LVI: three numerals that, added together, result in the latest Super Bowl edition.