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For almost 200 years, Euler’s conjecture reigned in mathematics unchecked. Then, a paper came out that turned the whole thing on its head… and it did it all in just two sentences. In 1769, ...

Elementary school children are often unclear which operations to use when tackling mathematical problems of the "open sentence" kind (e.g. 3 + * = 7). We give details of (a) some of their ...

Everyone agreed on the first step: Solve inside the parentheses, for 2+2=4. But after that, people split down two paths. Some multiplied first, while others divided, leading to different answers—1 and ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - Finding that a small miscalculation still qualifies as a grave error when it comes to criminal sentencing, the U.S. Supreme Court handed a 7-2 ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Supreme Court has affirmed that there was no mathematical error made in an 80-to-life sentence imposed for a man convicted of ...