Find out how and why mathematics is used in microeconomics, its limitations, and the math skills that economics students need.

A $1 million prize awaits anyone who can show where the math of fluid flow breaks down. With specially trained AI systems, ...

EqualZ is a simplified clone of EqualX, but written in Python and standalone, i.e. without depending on external tools. In other words, you don't have to install a full LaTeX stack and bloat your disk ...

This video explains a simple math concept that’s even easier than solving a quadratic equation. With clear logic and intuitive steps, you’ll see how breaking problems down the right way can make math ...

A new mathematical equation describes the distribution of different fragment sizes when an object breaks. Remarkably, the distribution is the same for everything from bubbles to spaghetti. When you ...

There weren’t calculators or computers in medieval Europe. But there were math duels. Mathematicians would gather in public squares and pose tricky math problems to each other. Then they raced to ...

One of the most controversial debates in mathematics could be settled with the aid of a computer, potentially ending a bitter argument about a complex proof that has raged for more than a decade. The ...

Hannah Cairo shook the math world when she disproved the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture, a 40-year-old unsolved math problem, when she was only 17. Well ahead of her peers in math, Cairo applied to ...

In a recent write-up, [David Delony] explains how he built a Wolfram Mathematica-like engine with Python. Core to the system is SymPy for symbolic math support. [David] said being able to work with ...

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