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The effect of domestication on post-conflict management: wolves reconcile while dogs avoid each other
Posted by: Alexandre Borovik on August 17, 2018
Understanding Mathematics
Posted by: Alexandre Borovik on August 14, 2018
Why it matters that so many people became innumerate
Posted by: Alexandre Borovik on July 10, 2018
Why does algebra have letters in sums?
Posted by: Alexandre Borovik on July 8, 2018
No intrinsic gender differences in children’s earliest numerical abilities
Posted by: Alexandre Borovik on July 8, 2018
What are some real-world uses of the determinant of a matrix?
Posted by: Alexandre Borovik on July 8, 2018
What is your favorite visual mathematical proof? Perhaps it is Tennenbaum’s proof of the irrationality of the square root of 2
Posted by: Alexandre Borovik on July 5, 2018
Why do irrational numbers exist? Why does math exist that is only conceptual and not applicable in nature?
Posted by: Alexandre Borovik on July 5, 2018
How do mathematicians avoid circular reasoning when proposing a new proof for an already proved theorem?
Posted by: Alexandre Borovik on July 4, 2018
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