It's Mathematics Awareness Month, and this year's theme is Unraveling Complex Systems. Host Scott Simon talks to Weekend Edition Math Guy Keith Devlin about how math can be a guide to understanding ...

In this math tutorial I will show you how to multiply complex numbers. Complex numbers come in the form of a +bi. Multiplying ...

All complex correlated systems, from Arctic melt ponds to the Internet, appear to be governed by the same math as a random matrix. In 1999, while sitting at a bus stop in Cuernavaca, Mexico, a Czech ...

Some people claim that π equals 0 in the complex number system, but this statement is often misunderstood or taken out of context. This explanation clearly breaks down where the idea comes from, the ...

Complex systems such as metabolic pathways, ecosystems, the Internet, or human societies are comprised of large numbers of components that interact according to rules that change over time and that ...

Have you ever sat in a math classroom and wondered, “When will I ever use this?” You might have asked yourself this question when you first encountered “imaginary” numbers, and with good reason: What ...