Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in ...

A new study reveals that Srinivasa Ramanujan’s century-old formulas for calculating pi unexpectedly emerge within modern theories of critical phenomena, turbulence, and black holes. In school, many of ...

Why did Ramanujan’s formulae stay relevant for a century? His set of 17 expressions offered huge speed. They gave long digit ...

Scientists have taken a major step toward solving a long-standing mystery in particle physics, by finding no sign of the ...

You may think of physics as a way to explain the behaviors of things like black holes, colliding particles, falling apples, and quantum computers. But a small group physicists today is working on a ...

In 1914, Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan made public a collection of 17 mathematical expressions for calculating pi, an iconic constant used worldwide. These formulations, compact yet highly ...