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After 40 years, Sebestyen’s theorem breaks past old math limits

For four decades, a quiet boundary in pure mathematics kept a powerful theorem locked inside the safe world of finite quantities. Now a new result known as Sebestyen’s theorem has pushed that boundary ...
Scientific American

What is Bayes's theorem, and how can it be used to assign probabilities to questions such as the existence of God? What scientific value does it have?

Chris Wiggins, an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University, offers this explanation. A patient goes to see a doctor. The doctor performs a test with 99 percent ...
Investopedia

Understanding Arrow's Impossibility Theorem: Definition, History, and Example

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Robert Kelly is managing director of ...
Investopedia

What Is the Central Limit Theorem (CLT)?

Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial Education Instructor, and researcher who has assisted thousands of clients over a more than two-decade career. She is the CEO of ...

Physicists repair flaw of established quantum resource theorem

Quantum information theory is a field of study that examines how quantum technologies store and process information. Over the ...
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Baudhayana–Pythagoras theorem: Why NCERT is rewriting math history | Explained

NCERT’s new Class 8 maths book now calls it the Baudhayana–Pythagoras Theorem, crediting ancient Indian scholar Baudhayana.
The Conversation

Putting maths on the map with the four colour theorem

Australian National University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Recently, as a community ambassador for ANU Student Equity, I took to a local secondary school to talk maths with a ...