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What does it mean to "do math"?

People generally know what playing guitar, or basketball, "looks like." However, when it comes to doing math, most people have the wrong picture in mind.  We try to set the...

What does it mean to "do math"?

People generally know what playing guitar, or basketball, "looks like." However, when it comes to doing math, most people have the wrong picture in mind.  We try to set the...

Math is hard

We argue that it's not the difficulty of math that makes people not like it.  Rather, it's something that's simultaneously more subtle and more obvious.

Math is hard

We argue that it's not the difficulty of math that makes people not like it.  Rather, it's something that's simultaneously more subtle and more obvious.

The Union-Closed Sets Conjecture

A problem that seems easy, yet has never been solved.

The Union-Closed Sets Conjecture

A problem that seems easy, yet has never been solved.

Even Gauss can be wrong — infinitely wrong.

The story of how John Edensor Littlewood proved Gauss — the Godfather — not just wrong, but infinitely wrong.

Even Gauss can be wrong — infinitely wrong.

The story of how John Edensor Littlewood proved Gauss — the Godfather — not just wrong, but infinitely wrong.

What is Math?

We provide a short and simple definition of Math -- one that exposes the amazing diversity of this misunderstood field.

What is Math?

We provide a short and simple definition of Math -- one that exposes the amazing diversity of this misunderstood field.