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Mathematician solves algebra’s oldest problem using intriguing new number sequences
A UNSW mathematician has built an algebraic solution to an equation that was once believed impossible to solve.
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#algebra is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 18 people shared 34 posts with it — around 1 a day. Activity is up 133% versus the previous week, peaking on Aug 20 with 5 posts.
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Mathematician Norman Wildberger solves Algebra's oldest problem using novel number sequences [via UNSW] 🧪✖️📐📈✔️
"His method uses novel sequences of numbers that represent complex geometric relationships."
www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/….
#Combinatorics #higher #order #polynomials #algebra #solution
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The largest sofa you can move around an L-shaped corner in two dimensions [via Quanta Magazine] 🧪✖️
Who hasn't had furniture get stuck in a doorway, a staircase bend, or a corridor corner? An elegant #math problem, solved.
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#algebra #moving #sofa #problem
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The Largest Sofa You Can Move Around a Corner | Quanta Magazine
A new proof reveals the answer to the decades-old “moving sofa” problem. It highlights how even the simplest optimization problems can have counterintuitive answers.
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Just found an English translation of Emmy Noether's 1921 "Idealtheorie in Ringbereichen" ("Ideal Theory in Rings"): arxiv.org/abs/1401.2577
(while editing the wikipedia page on subdirect products - my first wiki edit to add an Emmy Noether reference!)
#MathSky #AlgebraicGeomtry #Algebra
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Ideal Theory in Rings (Translation of "Idealtheorie in Ringbereichen" by Emmy Noether)
This paper is a translation of the paper "Idealtheorie in Ringbereichen", written by Emmy Noether in 1920, from the original German into English. It in particular brings the language used into the mod...
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Super. Sphere.
#C4D #Cinema4D #Redshift #art #cg #cgart #algebra #supergeometry #abstract #gestalt #scape #ArtYear #ArtByHumans #CanadianArtist #BCArtist #BlueskyArtists
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Catching those hidden sign mistakes in algebra before exam day makes all the difference! 📐✨ With step-by-step explanations from Sovi.ai.
#algebra #mathhelp #studytips #stem #studywithme #SoviAI
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This visualization shows all roots of quadratic polynomials (ax² + bx + c = 0) where coefficients |a|,|b|,|c| ≤ 100, plotted in the complex plane from -1.2-1.2i to 1.2+1.2i.
Generated with #p5js
#MathArt #VisualMath #ComplexAnalysis #Algebra #SciArt
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This visualization shows all roots of quadratic polynomials (ax² + bx + c = 0) where coefficients |a|,|b|,|c| ≤ 100, plotted in the complex plane from -0.28-0.28i to 0.28+0.28i.
Generated with #p5js
#MathArt #VisualMath #ComplexAnalysis #Algebra #SciArt
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Here is the actual midterm from #Algebra II with Trig.
Four problems (one in each screenshot). The practice midterm is noticeably more difficult (as it should be! my 2¢). I have non-image copies of this midterm if desired.
#iTeachMath 🧮
Next post has the Problem Solving & Posing midterm ↘️
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Catching those hidden sign mistakes in algebra before exam day makes all the difference! 📐✨ With step-by-step explanations from Sovi.ai.
#algebra #mathhelp #studytips #stem #studywithme #SoviAI
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NITheCS & MITP Seminar: “Monomials, Graphs and Determinants” by Dr Garry Kemp (University of Johannesburg)
📅 Tues, 1 Sep 2026
🕐 13h15–14h15 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
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#Monomials #Algebra #DegeneracyGraphs #RepresentationTheory #MathematicalPhysics
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youtu.be/jx9P9rlx5ps is my tactic of getting my students to stop watching my YouTube channel by boring them with class material working? #math #mathematics #algebra
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Solving literal equations
YouTube video by The Sinister Porpoise
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Negative exponents don't make your answer negative! 🤯 Break them down into three easy steps!
#math #algebra #studytips #learnmath #education #soviai
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