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3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (802+ words) A practical plan for diagnosing what broke, closing the foundation gaps, and changing how you study before you sit through the course again. Failing or withdrawing from college algebra feels personal. It usually is not. Most people who retake the…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (1772+ words) News for & about the philosophy profession “AI systems… will transform the discipline: they will make philosophy more capital-intensive. “ The following is a guest post by David Strohmaier, a philosopher and computer scientist in the Natural Language and Information Processing group…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1557+ words) Imagine spending four years trying to solve a mathematical problem. You’ve developed some promising ideas. Published a few intermediate results. Your PhD students are making progress. Perhaps another year or two, and you might finally crack it. Then, one Tuesday,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (366+ words) A math degree can lead to many exciting careers, many of which don’t have “mathematics” in the title. ​ Actuaries use mathematics, statistics, and financial theory to analyze the economic costs of risk and uncertainty. Most actuaries work for insurance companies,…...

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3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (932+ words) There is a particular kind of confusion that sets in when students first encounter linear transformations. They see …...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (117+ words) Long before diversity in mathematics became a national conversation, Elbert Frank Cox broke barriers and achieved something no Black mathematician had before....