The following is an excerpt from How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics, by Eugenia Cheng. Listen to SciFri on May 8, 2015, to hear Cheng talk more about practical ...

Sure, you can cut a pie into pieces, but what if it’s in four dimensions? Using spectral graph theory, mathematicians have solved a decades-old problem. Graph theory uses nodes and edges (dots and ...

What do mathematicians and pie fans have in common? A love for March 14. Monday marks Pi Day. For math lovers, it's a chance to celebrate Pi, one of the most important numbers ever, representing the ...