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Kazakh mathematician may have solved $1 million puzzle
Mathematics may be a universal language but a possible proof of a fiendish problem is proving hard to evaluate – partly because it isn't written in English.
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The wheel paradox that stumped Aristotle and Galileo
Not everyone agrees that Aristotle invented this little paradox, but everyone agrees that it would be just like him to come up with something like this. The paradox involves two different-sized wheels, one inside another. Think of the edge of your tire and the edge of the hubcap. The two rotate in sync, and they rotate over a certain distance. But should they rotate over the same distance?
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Progress on the Twin Primes Conjecture
Last week, Yitang “Tom” Zhang, a popular math professor at the University of New Hampshire, stunned the world of pure mathematics when he announced that he had proven the “bounded gaps” conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers—a crucial milestone on the way to the even more elusive twin primes...
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Monte Carlo Simulations, Fibonacci Numbers, and Other Number Tests: Why Developers Still Need The Basics
Perhaps you encountered these in math classes or an elective in your CompSci degree, and think they’re just “theoretically” interesting. (Or not.) But, Tom Henderson argues, these have relevance to the real world of programming too.
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Hexaflexagons
Vi Hart's fantastic video on hexaflexagons (part one). A link to part two is in the related links.
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After 400 years, mathematicians find a new class of solid shapes
The work of the Greek polymath Plato has kept millions of people busy for millennia. A few among them have been mathematicians…
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Mathematical Beauty Activates Same Brain Region as Great Art or Music
People who appreciate the beauty of mathematics activate the same part of their brain when they look at aesthetically pleasing formula as others do when appreciating art or music, suggesting that there is a neurobiological basis to beauty.
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No math gene: Learning mathematics takes practice
New research shows that if you want to be good at math, you have to practice all different kinds of mathematics.
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Von Neumann-Day problem: Vexing math problem finds an elegant solution
A famous math problem that has vexed mathematicians for decades has finally met an elegant solution. Mathematicians have now described a geometric solution for the von Neumann-Day problem, first described by mathematician John von Neumann in 1929.
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To Settle Infinity Question, a New Law of Mathematics | Simons Foundation
To determine the nature of infinity, mathematicians face a choice between two new logical axioms. What they decide could help shape the future of mathematical truth.
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The problem with p values: how significant are they, really?
For researchers there’s a lot that turns on the p value, the number used to determine whether a result is statistically significant. The current consensus is that if p is less than .05, a study has reached…
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Dara O'Briain School of Hard Sums First Episode
Great mathematics show!
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Is the Universe a Simulation?
If so, that would help explain some mysterious things about math.
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Kids grasp large numbers remarkably young
Children as young as 3 understand multi-digit numbers more than previously believed and may be ready for more direct math instruction when they enter school, according to new research.
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The unexpected power of baby math: Adults still think about numbers like kids
A new study has found new evidence that educated adults retain traces of their innate sense of numbers from childhood -- and that it's more powerful than many scientists think. The findings could contribute to the development of methods to more effectively educate or treat children with learning disabilities and people with brain injuries.
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After 400 Years, Mathematicians Find a New Class of Solid Shapes
The work of the Greek polymath Plato has kept millions of people busy for millennia. A few among them have been mathematicians who have obsessed about Platonic solids, a class of geometric forms that are highly regular and are commonly found in nature.
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Intuitive number games boost children's math performance
A quick glance at two, unequal groups of paper clips leads most people to immediately intuit which group has more. In a new study, researchers report that practicing this kind of simple, instinctive numerical exercise can improve children's ability to solve math problems.
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Spatial training boosts math skills
Training young children in spatial reasoning can improve their math performance, according to a groundbreaking study.
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Computer generated math proof is too large for humans to check
(Phys.org) —A pair of mathematicians, Alexei Lisitsa and Boris Konev of the University of Liverpool, U.K., have come up with an interesting problem—if a computer produces a proof of a math problem that is too big to study, can it be judged as true anyway? In a paper they've uploaded to the preprint ...
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A solution that counts: Long-standing mathematical conjecture finally proved
(PhysOrg.com) -- A conjecture presented in 1985 the Andrews and Robbins conjecture has recently been proved for the first time. It is thus clear that the structure which goes by the name of 'totally symmetric plane partitions' can be described using a single formula. Producing the proof ...
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