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Why Do Americans Stink at Math? – an NYTimes Article

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Tyler Clark

In school, did you “learn” mathematics by just memorizing some facts and not really understanding where those facts arose? Karen Morgan Ivy Tweeted the below Calvin and Hobbes comic. Is Mathematics an art or a science? Calvin has a different … Continue reading →

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Bridging the Gap: math majors review and extend internet math talks

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Brian Katz

This time of year, a new crop of math majors are stepping off college campuses and into the next phases of their lives. Some go to industry, some into teaching, and some into graduate school. Along any of these paths, … Continue reading →

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The Journey to Hosting the Olympics

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Stephanie Blanda

As the 2014 Winter Olympics begins to wind down, you may wonder how the Olympic host city was chosen. The process began all the way back in 2005, when potential host cities were asked to submit their applications to the … Continue reading →

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The Selected Papers Network

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Derek Smith

The arXiv turned twenty-two years old back in August, and we’re beginning to see the type of experimentation and rule-breaking you would associate with a young adult. I discovered the latest example, the Selected Papers Network (SP.net), while browsing MathOverflow. … Continue reading →

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Numerosity – Sixth Sense?

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Tyler Clark

A study that appeared in Science magazine on Sept 6, 2013 entitled Topographic Representation of Numerosity in the Human Parietal Cortex discusses the possibility that the ability to understand the quantity of a small group of visual objects without counting … Continue reading →

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