Mathematicians around the world have expressed their belief that a discussion on the overseas bulletin board 4chan may solve a difficult problem called ` `The Minimal Superpermutation Problem,'' which ...

According to Professor Le Anh Vinh, in the past, students could spend many days, even a whole week, pondering a difficult ...

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An 80-year-old problem concerning the simplex method, known as the mathematics of optimization, was recently solved. Getty Images In the movie 'Good Will Hunting,' the protagonist, a janitor at the ...

Modern math problems don’t tend to have the kind of answers that trip off the tongue. Perhaps it’s a brand-new proof that takes a few pages’ worth of words and diagrams to explain properly, or an ...

A difficult internet problem has the internet confused. The problem, which seems simple, is stumping maths fans, who are coming up with two answers. A maths expert from the YouTube channel ...

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The employment future looks bright for people with strong math skills. But among the nation’s K-12 students, that represents a small and dwindling demographic. What’s to blame for students’ poor math ...