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A 79-year-old mathematician may have just solved an infinite dimension puzzle that's vexed theorists for decades

Mathematician Per Enflo, who solved a huge chunk of the 'invariant subspaces problem' decades ago, may have just finished his work.

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Has a mathematician solved the ‘invariant subspace problem’? And what does that even mean?

A new paper purports to contain the final piece of a mathematical jigsaw puzzle: the invariant subspace problem

The Hindu

Has a mathematician solved the 'invariant subspace problem'? And what does that even mean?

Two weeks ago, a modest-looking paper was uploaded to the arXiv preprint server with the unassuming title “On the invariant subspace problem in Hilbert spaces”. The paper is just 13 pages long and its list of references contains only a single entry.

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Australian students in rural areas are not 'behind' their city peers because of socioeconomic status. There is something else going on

Major international and national tests show rural students, on average, do not do as well at school as their city peers.

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When 312 can equal zero

Mathematics can be tricky, especially when 312 could equate to zero in the world of politics, according to veteran politician and political critic Jatuporn Prompan.

Bangkok Post

From whiteboard work to random groups, these simple fixes could get students thinking more in maths lessons

Australian students’ performance and engagement in mathematics is an ongoing issue.

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Youngsters enjoy Dumfries and Galloway's biggest science, technology, engineering, mathematics and digital fair

Pupils took part in a number of interactive workshops featuring more than 40 businesses and organisations

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When Einstein thought he was wrong but Feynman convinced physicists otherwise

The debate on whether gravitational waves were real of figments of mathematics raged for decades, until Richard Feynman devised an ingenious thought-experiment in 1957 that settled the matter once and for all.

The Hindu

End Times by Peter Turchin review – can we predict the collapse of societies?

By examining history through complex mathematics, the ‘collapsologist’ aims to show – somewhat persuasively – that there are cyclical trends in the narratives of human hope and failure

The Guardian - UK

Chas Newby, one-time Beatles bassist, dies at 81

The British musician, who performed with the Beatles for several gigs in 1960, went on to become a high school mathematics teacher

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First day of CET-2023 goes smoothly across Karnataka

Day one of the Common Entrance Test - 2023 went off smoothly on Saturday. There was 82.53% attendance for Biology and 93.78% for Mathematics

The Hindu

This year, again, Tamil Nadu students choose commerce, computer science streams in college over pure sciences

The recently-announced class 12 board examination results have revealed that this, year there were fewer centums in science subjects, compared to previous years. Though full scores, in general, are a rarity in pure sciences, the trend of fewer candidates apply for physics, chemistry and mathematics is worrying, say experts.

The Hindu

Boy, 17, to graduate with THREE degrees and he says 'anyone can do it'

Teenager Tristan Andrade is set to receive his high school diploma alongside associate's degrees in artificial intelligence, computer science, and mathematics in Arizona, US

Daily Mirror

Cut-off marks for B.Com, allied subjects rise but could fall for engineering courses

The competition for commerce stream has got tougher with more students scoring centum in the four core subjects. Colleges will see higher cut-off for B. Com and allied subjects.

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10th standard student commits ‘suicide’ in Nandyal district

A girl, class 10 student, reportedly committed suicide by hanging at her home at Pyapili in the district on Saturday as she failed in the mathematics exam

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The year-end ritual of selling textbooks

textbooks of the previous year were not needed anymore and hence sold to the raddiwala

The Hindu

Summer Internship Programme at IIIT Kottayam

Internship programme is for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the discipline of Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics, and Mathematics.

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Intermediate advanced supplementary examinations from May 24

May 6 is the last date for online payment of fee for both first and second year Intermediate students seeking recounting / scanned copy-cum-reverification

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Analysis-Skilled, educated and washing dishes: how Italy squanders migrant talent

Marilyn Nabor, an experienced high school mathematics teacher in the Philippines, moved to Italy 14 years ago with high hopes of honing her craft in the country of Galileo and Fibonacci.

The Guardian - UK

Once Upon a Prime review – why maths and literature make a winning formula

Prof Sarah Hart’s exuberant study of the enduring conversation between mathematics and literature is fascinating

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Queensland girls still underrepresented in specialist maths despite push to increase participation

Girls are missing out on high-paying graduate jobs with starting salaries of $100k as the number of students enrolled in specialist maths declines.

The Conversation

Declines in math readiness underscore the urgency of math awareness

When President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Math Awareness Week in April 1986, one of the problems he cited was that too few students were devoted to the study of math.

The Guardian - UK

The Messi of maths: Argentinian Luis Caffarelli wins Abel prize

Caffarelli, 74, takes top trophy for work on partial differential equations, the first winner from South America

The Conversation

Robodebt not only broke the laws of the land – it also broke laws of mathematics

Friday marked the end of the public hearings for the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme. They painted a picture of a catastrophic program that was legally and ethically indefensible – an example of how technological overreach, coupled with dereliction of duty can amount to immense suffering for ordinary people.

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Maharastra Class 12 paper leak case: Police registers case against 4 including 3 students

Mumbai Police Crime Branch has registered a case against four including three students in the Maharashtra Board Class 12 Mathematics paper leak case. Read further on Dynamite News:

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