Numbers comprise a string of digits that are used to represent various quantities and amounts. Each number designates the size of some quantity that is either large or small. Numbers can be of ...

In 1886 the mathematician Leopold Kronecker famously said, “God Himself made the whole numbers — everything else is the work of men.” Indeed, mathematicians have introduced new sets of numbers besides ...

Linda Galligan is a board member the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute. We are all born with a brain that understands maths. So are animals, to some extent, but perhaps algebra would be a bit ...