The caustic mathematician Roger Casals Gutiérrez saw on his kitchen wall in 2023. Caustics are a type of singularity, a mathematical phenomenon that occurs when an surface goes through a transition.

Like physics, math has its own set of “fundamental particles”—the prime numbers, which can’t be broken down into smaller ...

If you read any science fiction or futurism, you’ve probably heard people using the term “singularity” to describe the world of tomorrow. But what exactly does it mean, and where does the idea come ...

Mathematicians have come up with a new way to crinkle up the fabric of space-time -- at least in theory. Mathematicians at UC Davis have come up with a new way to crinkle up the fabric of space-time - ...