Importantly, Lozano-Durán notes, the variables that come out of his new theorem are dimensionless. There is a fundamental mathematical concept in physics called the Buckingham π theorem that says that ...

Returning to Lozano-Durán's Martian-spacecraft example, the Buckingham π theorem says that seven variables, rather than two, are needed to determine the heat flux. According to Lozano-Durán, a ...

August 15, 2017 (8/15/17) was Pythagorean Theorem Day (see I missed Pythagorean Theorem Day). I was not even aware that there was such a day until this year, but it brought to my attention some really ...