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Why is math beautiful?
Many of us know that math is beautiful, but perhaps we haven't really taken the time to think about why it's beautiful. When one of us at Coho was asked this recently,...
Why is math beautiful?
Many of us know that math is beautiful, but perhaps we haven't really taken the time to think about why it's beautiful. When one of us at Coho was asked this recently,...
Grad School And The Essence Of A Thing
In math, there's an important difference between what something means, and how to do that thing quickly and efficiently.
Grad School And The Essence Of A Thing
In math, there's an important difference between what something means, and how to do that thing quickly and efficiently.
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.
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.