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Edward Doolittle's trailblazing work in Indigenous mathematics considers the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual dimensions of the subject. A Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) mathematics associate ...

A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique – the etchings, lines like tally marks, may have represented ...

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Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and ...

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Math conferences don’t usually feature standing ovations, but Francis Su received one last month in Atlanta. Su, a mathematician at Harvey Mudd College in California and the outgoing president of the ...

Explore the roots of math anxiety in students and discover strategies to foster confidence and understanding in mathematics.