Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or ...
SOME have likened the process of doing abstract mathematics to hacking your way out of some dense forest. Maryam Mirzakhani, the late mathematician and the first of only two women to win a Fields ...
From March 15, more than one million young Australians will sit the NAPLAN numeracy test. For most students, this will just be a routine part of the school day (albeit less fun than running around at ...