Let’s start with what’s probably the most tired, overused joke in math: A topologist is someone who can’t tell a coffee cup from a doughnut. Both, you see, have a hole in them. Topology is usually ...

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The tipping point came in the summer of 2025. That July, several artificial intelligence models solved five out of six problems at the International Mathematical Olympiad, an annual challenge for some ...

👉 Learn how to evaluate the limit of a function using the difference quotient formula. The difference quotient is a measure of the average rate of change of the function over an interval, h. The ...

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Introduction Reference intervals and reference curves provide clinicians with a point of reference when evaluating patients’ laboratory test results. In practical applications, the 2.5th and 97.5th ...

Math anxiety (MA; i.e., feelings of anxiety experienced when being confronted with mathematics) can have negative implications on the mental health and well-being of individuals and is moderately ...

There is evidence that girls’ – and boys’ mathematical abilities are not inherently different (Lachance and Mazzocco, 2006; Kersey et al., 2019). However, with age, math-gender differences favoring ...