For over a century, a simple yet tricky math problem had continued to baffle experts. Mathematicians struggled to find the fewest number of pieces needed to cut an equilateral triangle and rearrange ...

About a decade ago Tonan Kamata, now a mathematician at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), stood mesmerized in front of a math museum’s origamilike exhibit. It featured a ...

So, what's with the biscuits? Oh a triangulator machine! Very cool! Right, there are four different types of triangle. First, here's an isosceles triangle, it has two equal length sides and two equal ...