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X marks the unknown in algebra, but X’s origins are ...

Even though “x” is one of the least-used letters in the English alphabet, it appears thr ...
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Scientists develop method to predict the spread of armed conflicts

Around the world, political violence increased by 27% last year, affecting 1.7 billion people. The n ...
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Scientists uncover a surprising connection between number theory and evolutionary ...

Number theory, the study of the properties of positive integers, is perhaps the purest form of mathe ...
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How many lottery tickets do you need to buy to ...

Mathematicians at The University of Manchester have answered the question: How many lottery tickets ...
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Mathematicians Find 27 Tickets That Guarantee UK National Lottery Win

Buying a specific set of 27 tickets for the UK National Lottery will mathematically guarantee that y ...
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Study describes evolution of double-sided social norms for cooperative interactions

In addition to describing biological interactions, evolutionary theory has also become a valuable to ...
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New game theory model describes how people make decisions in ...

In the face of existential dilemmas that are shared by all of humanity, including the consequences o ...
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Psychological study suggests arithmetic is biologically-based and a natural consequence ...

Everyone knows that 2 + 2 = 4, but why do we have arithmetic in the first place, and why is it true? ...
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The Stunningly Simple Rule That Will Always Get You Out ...

You thought the maze looked fun, but now you can’t find your way out. Luckily, mathematics is here t ...
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Board games boost math ability in young children, study finds

Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and Chutes and Ladders, make young children bet ...
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Why putting off college math can be a good idea

Putting off college math could improve the likelihood that students remain in college. But that may ...
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Team develops a solution for temporal asymmetry

Life, from the perspective of thermodynamics, is a system out of equilibrium, resisting tendencies t ...
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Should All Mathematical Proofs Be Checked By A Computer?

Proofs, the central tenet of mathematics, occasionally have errors in them. Could computers stop thi ...
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Two mathematicians explain how building bridges within the discipline helped ...

On June 23, 1993, the mathematician Andrew Wiles gave the last of three lectures detailing his solut ...
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Mathematicians Calculate 42-Digit Number After Decades Of Trying

Dedekind numbers describe the number of ways sets of logical operations can be combined, and are fie ...
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Combining math with music leads to higher test scores, according ...

Children do better at math when music is a key part of their lessons, an analysis of almost 50 years ...
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