Mathspeak 101
The language of mathematics People use the word “math” in a variety of ways in popular culture. They say things like: “delegate math,” “the math doesn’t add up”, or my personal favorite: “do the math.” But what do people really know about the subject? It is OK to be honest. There is no shame in not knowing…
abc and d: The abc conjecture and Mochizuki
Mathematician love to chase after conjectures, which are unsolved mathematical claims. There are thousands of conjectures, but the tough ones are sometimes famous. For example, the Poincare conjecture makes a claim about shapes in three dimensions, as part of the field of topology. It was recently solved by Grigori Perelman, and resulted with him being awarded then…