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One in eight freshmen at UC San Diego place below high-school levels in math, according to a university report. One in 12 do ...

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Years ago, an audacious Fields medalist outlined a sweeping program that, he claimed, could be used to resolve a major ...

Ramanujan's pi-computing machinery exactly mirrors the necessary structure in modern physical theories (LCFTs).

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