Imaginary numbers were once seen as impossible, but they became essential tools in solving real mathematical problems. Putin’s runaway tanker is 200 miles off UK waters and US forces are massing in ...

I was enjoying a family vacation when my daughter started playing with some imaginary friends. I was horrified to learn that she had named one of them 'Instagram' after the social media app. This made ...

For the first time, researchers have seen how light behaves during a mysterious phenomenon called 'imaginary time'. When you shine light through almost any transparent material, the gridlock of ...

He works in mysterious ways.

Masaki Kashiwara received the honor, often regarded as the Nobel Prize in mathematics, for work that combined different mathematical fields to solve challenging problems. By Kenneth Chang Masaki ...

To a nonmathematician, having the letter "i" represent a number that does not quite exist and is "imaginary" can be hard to wrap your head around. If you open your mind to this way of thinking, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) To a nonmathematician, having the letter “i” represent a number that does not quite exist and is “imaginary” can be hard to wrap your head around. If you open your mind to this way ...