This book offers an introduction to mathematical proofs and to the fundamentals of modern mathematics. No real prerequisites are needed other than a suitable level of mathematical maturity. The text ...

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Mathematicians finally understand the behavior of an important class of differential equations that describe everything from ...

Declining math skills are a real problem nationally, but UC San Diego is an unusual case—and other California colleges offer a range of promising models for rethinking calculus requirements.

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The Master of Arts in Mathematics (MA) degree can be completed entirely online. To obtain this degree, a student needs to pass 11 courses with a GPA of 3.0 or better. One of these courses is the ...

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It's not just talk. It's "an endless unrehearsed intellectual adventure," the British philosopher Michael Oakeshott told a crowd at the college in 1975 during a week-long visit that left him delighted ...

Fischhoff, B. (2025a). Bounded disciplines and unbounded problems (The Clarendon Lectures in Management). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Fischhoff, B. (2025 ...