mathematics

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Ms. Jitomirskaya and Ms. Stankova are professors of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

“We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle-school mathematics while simultaneously teaching the material students need for sciences, engineering, economics, and other quantitatively demanding fields,” they warned.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

If you think writing out a math calculation with pen and paper is enough to create consciousness, you have far more faith in mathematics than I do.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

Using only these assumptions, the team showed that the resulting mathematics naturally reproduced the defining characteristics of string theory, including its famous spectrum of particle masses and spins.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Yet this substanceless number threatens to undermine the simplest operations in mathematics, like multiplication and division.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife