What if the famous P vs NP problem isn’t just about algorithms but about the observers trying to solve them? Research ...

A while ago, I got interested in mathematics, mostly because I had done so poorly at it in school. I’m being coy. I didn’t do poorly; I pretty much failed. I only passed by cheating. Anyway, I bought ...

From the traditional point of view, mathematical elucidation is usually characterized fundamentally in terms of what it is not. What does elucidating mean in mathematics? It is not the appropriate ...

Americans think schools need to teach math skills to prepare students for future success—but they don’t always agree on which skills are the most crucial, and the subject stirs up complicated emotions ...