Human beings love patterns. Many of us feel a sense of satisfaction and security when we can predict what’s coming next. But it’s definitely possible to have too much of a good thing—especially in ...

A French mathematician has completed the classification of all convex pentagons, and therefore all convex polygons, that tile the plane. One of the oldest problems in geometry asks which shapes tile ...

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Saint Louis University offers undergraduate options in pure mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics, as well as graduate degrees in mathematics.