Applied mathematicians have to find a balance between models that are realistic enough to be useful and simple enough to be ...

Alan Veliz-Cuba has received funding from the Simons Foundation and the American Mathematical Society for some of his research. You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an ...

The core curriculum covers a variety of topics, including statistics, mathematical reasoning, computer-related discrete math, and using math to understand the world. Skills in problem-solving and ...

But students who can recall these foundational facts in isolation often struggle to use them flexibly to solve complex, real-world problems, known as procedural fluency. “Mathematics is not just ...

Problem-solving capabilities Genetically engineered bacteria can identify prime numbers and solve simple mathematical problems. (Courtesy: Nat Chem Biol 10.1038/s41589-024-01711-4) Cell-based ...

In 1843, William Rowan Hamilton had a four-dimensional flash of insight that still shapes our three-dimensional world.

Rutgers University professor Pham Huu Tiep solved two separate, fundamental math problems that have baffled experts for ...

A seemingly straightforward math problem aimed at 5th-grade students ... as explained by Redditor 'NorthernSparrow': "The key to solving the problem is realising that, given the fractions, our ...

The result not only solves a decades-old problem, but gives mathematicians their first glimpse ... “crazy ideas” — has also proposed connections to distant branches of mathematics. The search for the ...

This Mathematics Problem Solving Camp was inaugurated by Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan and Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling on Monday. The objective of the camp was to identify, nurture ...

Areas of pure math such as algebra, analysis, combinatorics and many others can be used—in some cases combined—to solve the complex math problems arising from applications of math to the real ...

(THE CONVERSATION) You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what ...