In this playlist, I show you how to understand set theory. I introduce sets as Venn diagrams, mapping, and as sets of numbers. With sets, we look at how to find the union, complement, and intersection ...

In September 2019, news broke regarding progress on this 82-year-old question, thanks to prolific mathematician Terence Tao. And while the story of Tao's breakthrough is promising, the problem isn't ...

A team of four prominent mathematicians, including two Fields medalists, proved a conjecture described as a “holy grail of additive combinatorics.” Within a month, a loose collaboration verified it ...

Students in Melissa Williams' kindergarten class at the Westminster School in Atlanta, Georgia, practice connecting quantities to written numbers — a key part of number sense. Credit: Holly Korbey for ...

In this playlist, I show you how to understand set theory. I introduce sets as Venn diagrams, mapping and as sets of numbers. With sets, we look at how to find the union, complement, and intersection ...