**pre-reqs:** *none* I know who you are. I have seen you before and talked to you before. You are taking introductory physics and you are scared. Why does this have to be so difficult? It seems like ...

Relative equilibria of identical point vortices may be associated with a generating polynomial that has the vortex positions as its roots. A formula is derived that relates the first and second ...

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Japanese mathematician Masaki Kashiwara wins Abel Prize for contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory at ...

Algebra has long been a fundamental part of any high school math curriculum. In many places it’s become a fundamental part of the middle school math curriculum, too. In recent years, more students ...