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US culture derails girl math whizzes

October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 61 vote(s) | User comments: 21

A culture of neglect and, at some age levels, outright social ostracism, is derailing a generation of students, especially girls, deemed the very best in mathematics, according to a new study.


Making waves: Mathematicians crack quantum chaos conjecture

October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 58 vote(s) | User comments: 3

The American Institute of Mathematics announces that Soundararajan and Roman Holowinsky have proven a significant version of the quantum unique ergodicity conjecture. Their work, based in the pure mathematics area of number ...