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Researchers investigate the veracity of ‘six degrees of separation’

Do you know someone who knows someone? We have all played this game, often to be amazed that despite ...
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New statistical tool to distinguish shared and unique features in ...

When facing a daunting dataset, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), known as PCA, can help distill c ...
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Vindication For Maths Teachers: Pythagoras’s Theorem Seen in the Wild

For all the students wondering why they would ever need to use the Pythagorean theorem, Katie Steckl ...
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Introducing GOBI: A breakthrough computational package for inferring causal interactions ...

In the quest to unravel the underlying mechanisms of natural systems, accurately identifying causal ...
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Framework for solving parabolic partial differential equations could guide computer ...

Caption:Part of a new algorithm developed at MIT solves the so-called Fokker-Planck equation, where ...
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Pythagoras Was Wrong About The Maths Behind Pleasant Music

It is said that the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras came up with the idea that musical note com ...
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Mathematicians Make Even Better Never-Repeating Tile Discovery

An unsatisfying caveat in a mathematical breakthrough discovery of a single tile shape that can cove ...
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Try These Mathematical Magic Tricks That Are Guaranteed To Work

There are no rabbits pulled out of hats here ā€“ these tricks rely on mathematical principles and will ...
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Where is Everybody? Doing the Maths on Extraterrestrial Life

Are we getting closer to solving one of lifeā€™s greatest mysteries? During a lunch in the summer of 1 ...
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New methods to improve the accuracy of cross-national surveys

Research by Social Statistics has highlighted new methods to improve the accuracy of cross-national ...
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Arithmetic has a biological origin: It’s an expression in symbols ...

Everyone knows that arithmetic is true: 2 + 2 = 4. But surprisingly, we don’t knowĀ whyĀ it ...
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Mathematicians Discovered The Ultimate Bathroom Tile In 2023

After decades of searching, mathematicians discovered a single shape that can cover a surface withou ...
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Are We All Related To Henry VIII’s Master Of The ...

After discovering that a Ralph Rowlett was in charge of the Royal Mint in 1540, Peter Rowlett runs t ...
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AI Translates Maths Problems Into Code To Make Them Easier ...

An artificial intelligence that can turn mathematical concepts written in English into a formal prov ...
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Decades-Old Mathematical Mystery About The Game Of Life Finally Solved

A mathematical game governed by simple rules throws up patterns of seemingly infinite complexity ā€“ a ...
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Dividing Polynomials – The Grid Method

Students generally learn to divide polynomials using Ā long division or synthetic division. This post ...
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