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One aspect of culture is a commonly held set of beliefs and norms that guides the practices of a group. At a broad/national level, the culture of mathematics teaching can be characterized as both an ...
From four-dimensional hexagons to the mind-bending amplituhedron, geometrical shapes are wilder than we learn at school - and ...
Breakthroughs in pure mathematics can take decades. A new Defense Department initiative aims to speed things up using ...
Understanding the famously complex Inter-universal Teichmüller Theory could solve mathematics' greatest problems.
The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs On a weekend in mid-May, a clandestine mathematical conclave convened. Thirty of the world’s ...
Thirty of the world’s most renowned mathematicians traveled to Berkeley, Calif., with some coming from as far away as the U.K. The group’s members faced off in a showdown with a “reasoning ...
A mathematician has uncovered a way of answering some of algebra's oldest problems. University of New South Wales Honorary Professor Norman Wildberger, has revealed a potentially game-changing ...
Dr. Irene Fischer, an Austrian mathematician and geodesist, fled to the U.S. in 1939 and revolutionized Earth mapping through her work with the Army Map Service. Her contributions, including the ...
A U.S. computer storage company has calculated the irrational number pi to 105 trillion digits, breaking the previous world record. The calculations took 75 days to complete and used up 1 million ...