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Math proficiency in the United States has reached a breaking point, and fragmented reforms are no longer enough. A new report from K12 Coalition(TM) and Bellwether calls for urgent, system-wide action ...
But now Google’s DeepMind team has built AlphaProof, an AI system that matched silver medalists’ performance at the 2024 ...
It’s wild to think that a math puzzle from the 1200s is now helping power AI, encryption, and the digital world we live in.
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Mathematics is more than a tool for making computations and solving problems. It’s a way of thinking that reveals patterns and symmetries, and makes connections between different abstract ideas. Many ...
Imagine spinning a top and then letting it come to rest. Is there a way for you to spin the top again so it ends up in the exact position it started, as if you had never spun it at all? Surprisingly, ...
A viral number sequence puzzle challenges players to find the next number in “2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?”. Test your analytical skills and see if you can solve it. The key here is to remain focused and keep ...
Supplementary texts: "Introduction to Real Analysis" by R. G. Bartle and D. R. Sherbert (2011), ISBN-13: 978-0471433316; "Basic Analysis I, Volume 1" by Jiri Lebl, "The Real Analysis Lifesaver: All ...
A variation of a puzzle called the “pick-up sticks problem” asks the following question: If I have some number of sticks with random lengths between 0 and 1, what are the chances that no three of ...