It’s not often that a mathematics textbook is described as “gorgeous” or “a work of practical art.” But An Illustrated Theory of Numbers by Martin Weissman, associate professor of mathematics at UC ...

Number theory, the study of the properties of positive integers, is perhaps the purest form of mathematics. At first sight, it may seem far too abstract to apply to the natural world.

Scientists uncover a surprising connection between number theory and evolutionary genetics. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 08 / 230801131650.htm ...