Getting an all-optical AI to handle non-linear math
However, AI models are often used to find intricate patterns in data where the output is not always proportional to the input ...
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Rational or Not? This Basic Math Question Took Decades to Answer.
It’s surprisingly difficult to prove one of the most basic properties of a number: whether it can be written as a fraction. A ...
Minnesota tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well.
Republished with permission from The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit news outlet focused on education. BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area ...
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Chinese laser scientist ‘Crazy Li’ arms small drones with metal-cutting beam
Li’s email prefix – “crazy.li” – hints at his unconventional thinking. The scenario he envisioned in the paper was once deemed impossible: generating a laser beam with a long kill ...