ABSTRACT: This paper is an attempt to explain the structure of the process of understanding mathematical objects such as notions, definitions, theorems, or mathematical theories. Understanding is an ...

Newswise — ANN ARBOR, Michigan — Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke’s third law says “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Indika Rajapakse, Ph.D., is a believer ...

A WVU expert on STEM education is involving colleges and universities nationwide in an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to teaching mathematics in a way that reflects the content of students’ ...

First proposed in 2012, the Inter-universal Teichmüller Theory (IUT) is a devilishly difficult math theory that experts describe as an “alien language.” Although only a few mathematicians around the ...

Researchers have developed a new mathematical technique to begin to understand how a cell's nucleus is organized. They hope this understanding will expose vulnerabilities that can be targeted to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remember the days when working a math problem resulted in a right or wrong answer, and parents had a basic grasp of how to help ...

Despite decades of reform efforts, mathematics teaching in the U.S. has changed little in the last century. As a result, it seems, American students have been left behind, now ranking 40th in the ...

Mathematics may hold unexpected clues to understanding Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists have developed a model showing how ...