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 ...

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 ...

It may look like a flower, but this is actually a new Venn diagram-- one that for the first time manages to represent 11 sets of data. Venn diagrams are a simple and elegant way to represent the ...

British mathematician John Venn was born on August 4, 1834, so Friday marks the 183rd anniversary of his birth in Hull, England. John Venn is most known for creating and introducing the Venn diagram ...

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 ...

Venn diagrams typically use overlapping circles to show all possible relationships between sets. Traditionally, they include just two or three sets. This example shows how red, blue and green lights ...

April 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of mathematician and philosopher John Venn. You may well be familiar with Venn diagrams – the ubiquitous pictures of typically two or three ...

In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known for less ...

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 ...