When we learn something new, that information does not exist in isolation. It integrates into the complex landscape of our ...

What mathematical knowledge do elementary teachers use in teaching? About 10 years ago, Deborah Ball and her colleagues at Michigan State University carried out a research project to address this ...

Every December 8 for years, Julia Robinson blew out the candles on her birthday cake and made the same wish: that someday she would know the answer to Hilbert’s 10th problem. Though she worked on the ...

Dunning explores how mathematical notation is a social, world-building technology. It’s natural to think of math as being ...

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Canton High School student Nam Pham won $1,000 as the American Mathematical Society, an organization dedicated to advancing research and connecting the diverse global mathematical community, hosted a ...