A Korean mathematician has won international recognition for solving a geometry puzzle that had resisted proof for nearly six ...

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A mathematics puzzle doing the rounds on social media is leaving many scratching their heads with its challenging question.

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Label the rectangles correctly with the letters A to I. Show puzzle solution Only the four blue-shaded rectangles below intersect three other rectangles, and therefore they must be F, G, H and I. H ...

Global warming or just one more torrid estival romance? At left, a cylindrical roxy glass is filled with a tall ice prism. The icy rectangular prism, with square bases, fits snugly in the cylinder.

While 630 young math prodigies were sitting in a conference room on Australia’s sunshine coast, readying their pencils for the International Math Olympiad, a potential rival was still en route from ...