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‘Math Wars’: New York Wants To Reform Math Instruction, but Experts Disagree on How

On the heels of a “Back to Basics” reading effort, New York is launching a similar initiative for math.
Crypto Briefing

Grok 4.5 just solved a math problem that stumped humans for decades, and here’s why crypto should pay attention

Grok 4.5 constructed a counterexample proving hypercontractivity fails on the 4-sphere, closing a decades-old gap in ...

AI identifies new particle models that may explain neutrinos' tiny mass

Physicists at the University of California, Irvine, have developed an artificial intelligence system that can autonomously ...

Class action suit against AI makers over deepfake child sexual abuse material expands

New plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Elon Musk's SpaceXAI and Stability AI say the companies' AI tools were used to make ...
Education WeekOpinion

How to Embrace the ‘Science of Math’ Without Abandoning Your Existing Curriculum

Math classrooms shifted over time to the discovery model. Not suddenly, and not without good intentions. There was a ...
Communications of the ACM

Can We Understand How Large Language Models Reason?

Large language models can write essays, solve math problems, and generate computer code, but it’s not fully understood how ...
IEEE

Statistical Analysis of the MUSIC Algorithm in the Presence of Modeling Errors, Taking Into Account the Resolution Probability

Abstract: This paper considers the statistical performance of the MUSIC method under the condition that two closely spaced sources impinging on an array of sensors are effectively resolved, i.e., the ...