Math
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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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MathMath Circles Inspire Students
Programs outside of school are helping students discover math on their own.
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MathBig prize for unlikely research
A New York University mathematician has won one of the highest prizes in mathematics for figuring out the likelihood of unlikely events.
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MathComputing Photographic Forgeries
Scientists are using mathematical tools to sniff out faked photographs.
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MathComputing Photographic Forgeries
Scientists are using mathematical tools to sniff out faked photographs.
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MathFunctional Family: Mock theta mystery solved
Mathematicians have solved a legendary Indian mathematician's final problem.
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MathCutting a Pie Is No Piece of Cake
Mathematicians find that slicing a pie into fair pieces is harder than divvying up a sheet cake. The problem is that pie cuts are radial, not parallel.
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MathAncient Islamic Penrose Tiles
Medieval Islamic artisans developed a process for creating elaborate, nonrepeating patterns now associated with Penrose tiles.
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MathAncient Islamic Penrose Tiles
Medieval Islamic artisans developed a process for creating elaborate, nonrepeating patterns now associated with Penrose tiles.
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MathThe Complexity of TipOver and Other Puzzles
Solving puzzles such as TipOver and River Crossing can be surprisingly difficult.
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MathDivide-and-Conquer Multiplication
The most efficient way to multiply two large numbers is often far from obvious.
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MathKnitting Network
A skein of intriguing mathematical objects comes out of an evening devoted to knitting, crocheting, and other crafts.