“Our goal was to build a clear mathematical bridge between abstract algebra and the experience of listening to music,” said study co-author Olga Ibragimova. “When we think of melodies as shapes we can ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Online and distance learning can be tedious for some students, but one Pinellas County teacher is making it his mission for students and families to sing a different tune. “I ...

Journal of the American Mathematical Society, Vol. 32, No. 3 (JULY 2019), pp. 691-707 (17 pages) Tigran Ananyan and Melvin Hochster, Small subalgebras of polynomial rings and Stillman’s conjecture, ...

LOS ANGELES — Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other ...