Pick any large set of random data you like. Look at the first digit of all the numbers. You're going to see a lot of ones. It's not just a coincidence.

Math is the search for patterns in numbers to reveal an underlying rule or concept. Like many of today’s students who are coached to search for patterns in numbers, numbers persons understand ...

What do pine cones and paintings have in common? A 13th century Italian mathematician named Leonardo of Pisa. Better known by his pen name, Fibonacci, he came up with a number sequence that keeps p… ...

The seemingly random digits known as prime numbers are not nearly as scattershot as previously thought. A new analysis by Princeton University researchers has uncovered patterns in primes that are ...

A great scientist traces the patterns he’s found in his youthful correspondence.