Nature

Mathematics formula found on Maya wall rivals insights of ancient masters

A mathematical formula inscribed on a wall at the Maya site of Xultun in Guatemala has revealed the name of an important Maya ...

Hidden in Maya wall writings: A named astronomer emerges from 1,200-year-old calculations

Researchers have reconstructed and transcribed a mathematical formula from the site of Xultun, Guatemala, revealing the name ...

In 781, a Maya scholar at Xultun signed a calendar formula linking Venus and Mars, and archaeologists say he may be the earliest named astronomer in the ancient Am…

More than 1,200 years after a Maya scholar painted a mathematical formula onto the wall of a small room in Guatemala, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Meet Sak Tahn Waax, a Maya Math Whiz Who Lived More Than 1,000 Years Ago and Left Behind a ‘Really Elegant, Complex’ Formula

For the first time, archaeologists identified one of the culture’s famed Classic era mathematicians and astronomers ...
New Scientist

Maya mathematician’s name decoded alongside astronomical formula

Hieroglyphs on the wall of a Maya building record calculations concerning the orbits of Earth, Mars and Venus, as well as the ...
IPWatchdog

In Defense of Patentability of Mathematical Formulas and Relationships

“The nail and hammer are fundamental to the manufacture of chairs, tables, stools, cabinets, and other varied items. So are certain ‘Mathematical Formulas or Relationships’ to the solution of diverse ...