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micromath.wordpress.com
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| | | | | Continuing the theme of alternative approaches to teaching calculus, I take the liberty of posting a letter sent by Donald Knuth to to the Notices of the American Mathematical Society in March, 1998 (TeX file). Professor Anthony W. Knapp P O Box 333 East Setauket, NY 11733 Dear editor, I am pleased to see so... | |
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gilkalai.wordpress.com
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| | | | | Topology Quasi-polynomial algorithms for telling if a knot is trivial Marc Lackenby announced a quasi-polynomial time algorithm to decide whether a given knot is the unknot! This is a big breakthrough. This question is known to be both in NP and in coNP. See this post, and updates there in the comment section. Topology seminar,... | |
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polymathprojects.org
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| | | | | This post is meant to propose and discuss a polymath project and a sort of polymath project. I. A polymath proposal: Convex hulls of real algebraic varieties. One of the interesting questions regarding the polymath endeavor was: Can polymath be used to develop a theory/new area? My idea is to have a project devoted to... | |
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mln84.wordpress.com
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| | | The most common question students have about mathematics is "when will I ever use this?" Many math teachers would probably struggle to give a coherent answer, beyond being very good at following precise directions. They will say "critical thinking" but not much else concrete. Meanwhile, the same teachers must, with a straight face, tell their... | ||
