Euler’s constant explains so much about math and physics. We delve into the number e, or Euler’s number, to find out why it’s so special.

As a physics reporter and lover of mathematics, I won’t be celebrating Pi Day this year. That’s because pi is wrong. I don’t mean that the value is incorrect. Pi, known by the symbol π, is ...

Not every mathematical constant gets its own day. But then again, not every constant is pi, the incredible and infinite number represented by this symbol: π. Pi Day was introduced in 1988 in San ...

I t’s not hard to figure out why March 14 is celebrated annually as “Pi Day” by math fans: The date resembles the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter — the number that ...