The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Mathematics started with numbers—clear, concrete, intuitive. Over the last two centuries, however, it has become a far more abstract ...
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Math isn’t just about numbers. It’s about language, too. Many math tasks involve reading, writing, speaking, and listening. These language demands can be particularly challenging for students whose ...
What do the integers have in common with the symmetries of a triangle? In the 19th century, mathematicians invented groups as an answer to this question. Mathematics started with numbers — clear, ...
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