When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...
The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...
Falcon’s Yapper leaderboard has gone live with the initial Yap2Fly campaign, awarding $50,000 USDf per month. This will be shared among the top 50 yappers according to the quality of their mindshare ...
The Harvard Math Department will pilot a new introductory course aimed at rectifying a lack of foundational algebra skills among students, according to Harvard’s Director of Introductory Math Brendan ...
ChatGPT has already wreaked havoc on classrooms and changed how teachers approach writing homework, since OpenAI publicly launched the generative AI chatbot in late 2022. School administrators rushed ...
I love yapping. I love yapping so much that my friends call me a “Division I yapper.” You can find me during study breaks in the Central Campus Classroom Building teaching my course “Yapology 101.” ...
In 1940 André Weil wrote a letter to his sister, Simone, outlining his vision for translating between three distinct areas of mathematics. Eighty years later, it still animates many of the most ...
For all the math lovers — and, okay, Dad jokes lovers — out there, a good math joke is worth its weight in ounces, grams and pounds. If you're looking for cringe-worthy puns and math jokes that would ...
The ever-changing tides of the internet and its accompanying slang can be jarring, but sometimes it reveals something with true staying power. The word “zaddy,” for example, is no longer just a word ...