Researchers have developed a new approach that uses math to determine the best ways to group individuals to maximize learning. Their work has broad implications in education, as well as in economics, ...

From fireworks to woodburning to modeling fire behavior, Jenna Sjunneson McDanold’s love of fire has fueled her growth as an artist and a mathematician. As part of her studies as mathematical modeling ...

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) announced today that it has found a sponsor for its annual math modeling competition. Boston-based MathWorks, which creates software such as ...

Time travel has long been a staple of science fiction, capturing the imaginations of storytellers and scientists alike. Recent breakthroughs in mathematical modeling might bring this fantastical ...

A group of Pine View School students recently advanced to the finals of the prestigious MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge, a competition for $100,000 in scholarships involving more than 2,700 11th and ...

Five Buchholz High School students came together to participate in a mathematics competition and their team has been chosen as a top winner out of over 600 submissions. The group of local students — ...

The ACT math test consists of 60 multiple-choice questions that must be completed in 60 minutes. A portion of those questions involves modeling, which is the process of expressing real-life phenomena ...