In graph theory, a graph is a network of lines, called edges, and points where they meet, called vertices. Century-old math puzzle. After 122 years, a team of mathematicians has finally solved the ...

Henry Dudeney, a self-taught English mathematician and puzzle columnist, asked his readers to dissect an equilateral triangle into the smallest number of pieces that could be rearranged into a square.

A London-based dentist may have cracked a centuries-old mathematics puzzle hidden in one of the most famous anatomical ...

The study, published in the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, reads: ‘For over 500 years, Leonardo da Vinci’s geometric ...

A London-based dentist has uncovered a hidden detail in Leonardo da Vinci ’s famous Vitruvian Man drawing, revealing a ...

Over 120 years ago, Henry Ernest Dudeney posed the famous dissection problem of transforming a triangle into a square by cutting it into as few pieces as possible. In a new study, researchers have ...

Using such an equilateral triangle in the Vitruvian Man drawing helps produce a specific ratio – 1.64 – between the size of the square and the circle in the artwork. open image in gallery ...