Most of us know Venn diagrams as something virgins use to tell married men they can’t possibly have sex because TV tells them so. But they’re actually mathematical tools. The idea behind a Venn ...

British mathematician John Venn (pictured above, click to enlarge) was born on August 4, 1834, so today marks the 186th anniversary of his birth in Hull, England. John Venn is most known for creating ...

British mathematician John Venn (pictured above, click to enlarge) was born on August 4, 1834, so last Thursday marked the 188th anniversary of his birth in Hull, England. John Venn is most known for ...

A Venn diagram can show data sets such as preferences in market research. When sets intersect (overlap), the elements in the intersection are members of both sets. When the sets have no elements in ...

A new rose has blossomed in the garden of mathematics: a flowery Venn diagram for 11 sets of objects. Venn diagrams use overlapping circles to show all possible relationships between sets. But ...