Anonymous donor gives D.C. $20 million to boost math scores

A $20 million donation from an anonymous national foundation will support the “Capital Math Collective,” a citywide effort to boost math scores for students in D.C.
Scientific American

How to Identify a Prime Number without a Computer

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

How number systems shape our thinking and what it means for learning, language and culture

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

Can Math Be Violent? For 3 Scholars, the Answer Was Yes.

In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day.
IEEE

High-Performance Digital Filtering on Truncated Multiply-Accumulate Units in the Residue Number System

Abstract: The article proposes new modified Multiply-Accumulate (MAC) units called truncated MAC units and using residue number system (RNS) with moduli of a special form. The effectiveness of the ...
IEEE

Multiplying Irradiation Intensity by the Number of Irradiations Revealed Optimal Exposure Conditions of Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound for Activating Endothelial Nitric Oxide ...

Abstract: Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound therapy promotes angiogenesis in the myocardium, providing a minimally invasive treatment for ischemic heart disease. Previous studies have identified optimal ...