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Quanta Writers and Editors Discuss Trends in Science and Math
...good math teacher? And it turns out that, you know, there’s certain things in quantum mechanics which are like perfect for mathematics, for modern mathematics. And modern mathematics doesn’t want...
In Times of Scarcity, War and Peace, a Ukrainian Finds the Magic in Math
...instead of playing like the other kids. Natalie did not look forward to getting the same math teacher as her older sister. “Her math teacher became my math teacher,” Natalie...
The Coach Who Led the U.S. Math Team Back to the Top
Po-Shen Loh has harnessed his competitive impulses and iconoclastic tendencies to reinvigorate the U.S. Math Olympiad program. Po-Shen Loh has resurrected the United States International Mathematical Olympiad team, leading it...
A Path Less Taken to the Peak of the Math World
...a theorem by the German mathematician David Hilbert that stands as one of the most important breakthroughs in 20th-century mathematics. Read the related Abstractions post: The Tricky Translation of Mathematical...
Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come From a Century-Old Approach to Math.
...there according to the math.’ “But it depends, now, which math,” he continued. “Classical math, there is something. In intuitionist math, no. There is nothing.” The electron is on the...
To Teach Computers Math, Researchers Merge AI Approaches
...systems to do math. The first paper describes teaching an LLM to translate ordinary math statements into formal code that a computer can run and check. The second trained an...
A Number Theorist Who Connects Math to Other Creative Pursuits
Jordan Ellenberg enjoys studying — and writing about — the mathematics underlying everyday phenomena. “There are many different pathways into mathematics,” said Jordan Ellenberg, a mathematician at the University of...
For His Sporting Approach to Math, a Fields Medal
...does mathematics. He enjoys sharing his ideas with others, taking them apart and putting them back together as a group, being part of a team. His way of doing math...
The Art of Teaching Math and Science
...when it comes to math and science literacy. No test is perfect, but according to the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment, 15-year-old Americans ranked 27th in math and 20th...