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- The Ultimate Guide to AI Math Solvers: Boosting Your Math Skills with Technology
by Casey Allen on February 6, 2025 at 4:37 amThe Ultimate Guide to AI Math Solvers: Boosting Your Math Skills with Technology Introduction to AI Math Solvers Mathematics has always been a subject that challenges students, often requiring extra practice and assistance to master. With the rapid advancements in technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has stepped in to bridge the gap, offering innovative solutions that Related posts: 5 Best Free Math Problem Solvers Math problems allow students to learn new concepts and strengthen... Math Homework Help: A Guide to the Best AI Math Solver of 2025 About a quarter of the average college student's courseload is... Solutions: A Guide to Problem Solving Review: Paperback This book is about general problem solving ('in... 21st century math skills A reader asks for advice on 21st century skills and...
- Math Homework Help: A Guide to the Best AI Math Solver of 2025
by Casey Allen on December 1, 2024 at 4:20 amAbout a quarter of the average college student's courseload is general education requirements. While these are graduation requirements, they also are usually time-wasters. They're challenging and stressful... but luckily, help is available. If you're looking for quick math homework help, an online AI math solver can bring your grades up quickly and effectively. Read on to Related posts: 5 Best Free Math Problem Solvers Math problems allow students to learn new concepts and strengthen... My dilemma - ethical math help Is there a difference between paying someone to do... Buyer’s Guide: TI-84 Graphing Calculator Math classes can be daunting. From a young age, I... Curriculum Webs - more homework needed "Weaving the Web into Teaching and Learning" Cunningham, C and...
- 5 Best Free Math Problem Solvers
by Casey Allen on June 6, 2023 at 3:43 amMath problems allow students to learn new concepts and strengthen problem-solving skills. But many learners feel confused or frustrated if they can’t find the correct solution. A math problem solver is a handy tool that helps students doublecheck their work and identify errors. However, not all math problem solvers are created equal. Here are the Related posts: Microsoft Math 3.0 Review MS Math 3.0 is a well-designed computer-based math tool.... Free math software downloads Wanting to use some math software but find it’s too... GraphSketch.com - free online math grapher GraphSketch is a free offering that allows the user to... Context Free math-based art Context Free is software you can use to produce some...
- Reviewing Six Online Math Tutoring Services - What’s the Best?
by Hugo Pegley on June 22, 2022 at 4:00 amMath is an exciting field of study that can lead to a variety of exciting careers or research projects. But if you're a student having difficulty with the topic, you might be thinking about enrolling in an online math tutoring program. This is a great way for you to get assistance in a format and Related posts: How to Pick A Live Math Chat Tutoring Service If you’re looking for a live math tutor, you are... How Much Does an Online Math Tutor Cost? Across the world, math is the key to understanding many... Online Algebra Math Tutor Many private and public high schools and colleges require students... Best Online Calculus Math Tutor: How to Choose Calculus and math require tremendous background information, practice, and good...
- Picking the Best Online Precalculus Math Tutor
by Hugo Pegley on June 22, 2022 at 3:55 amStudents who want to go on to study math, science, engineering, and other disciplines in college, usually find that their chosen college values some prior knowledge of calculus. An online precalculus math tutor could be the answer. High schools commonly offer precalculus courses in the 11th grade before introducing calculus in the 12th. Precalculus is Related posts: How Much Does an Online Math Tutor Cost? Across the world, math is the key to understanding many... Best Online Calculus Math Tutor: How to Choose Calculus and math require tremendous background information, practice, and good... Online Algebra Math Tutor Many private and public high schools and colleges require students... Reviewing Six Online Math Tutoring Services - What’s the Best? Math is an exciting field of study that can lead...
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- Article of Dorje Brody on funding climate projects published in The Conversation
by Tom Bridges on February 24, 2026 at 6:50 pmThe article “Funding climate projects: our financial model can better illustrate long-term value“, by Dorje Brody, is published today (Tuesday 24 February) in The Conversation (link here). As a mathematician researching in finance, Dorje shows how to use a financial model called “social discounting” to value the long-term benefits of environmental projects far into the
- Paper of Dorje Brody on decoherence in quantum mechanics published in Physical Review Research
by Tom Bridges on February 23, 2026 at 6:10 pmThe paper “Decoherence from universal tomographic measurements“, co-authored by Dorje Brody and Rishindra Melanathuru, has been published this week in Physical Review Research (open access link here). In the paper, the effect of decoherence is analyzed by studying the evolution of Stratonovich-Weyl quasiprobability distributions on the state space of the system. It is shown that
- Rachel Bernasconi passes PhD viva
by Tom Bridges on February 23, 2026 at 11:58 amCongratulations to Rachel Bernasconi for passing her PhD viva! The viva took place on Friday 20 February. Rachel‘s thesis was on “A functional anatomy of sleep/wake modelling.” Her examiners were Prof Steve Coombes (Nottingham) and Prof Victoria Booth (University of Michigan), with Werner Bauer chairing the viva. Rachel’s principal supervisor was Anne Skeldon with second supervisor Polina Vytnova. The photo below
- Emir Ahmed awarded the 2026 FEPS Professional Training Award
by Tom Bridges on February 19, 2026 at 6:16 pmEmir Ahmed, a final-year undergraduate in mathematics, was on placement last year at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, supervised at NPL by Dr Ciaran Bench. A faculty-wide contest was held for the best placement student last year, and Emir was the winner. He is the first mathematician in over 5 years to win this
- Paper of Jon Bevan on Hadamard inequalities published in Calculus of Variations and PDEs
by Tom Bridges on February 16, 2026 at 12:39 pmThe paper “New applications of Hadamard-in-the-mean inequalities to incompressible variational problems“, co-authored by Jon Bevan, Martin Kružík (Czech Academy of Sciences & Czech Technical University), and Jan Valdman (Czech Academy of Sciences & University of South Bohemia), has been published in the Springer journal Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (open access link here).
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- Fixing the transcoding error in SASby annmaria on January 9, 2026 at 12:40 pm
Here is why I am still not a 10x developer despite using AI … but first, the answer to your problem, which is probably how you found this blog in the first place. This answer was courtesy NOT of any generative AI program but from reading the SAS documentation. Or, as we used to say...
- The Worst Marketing in the World
by annmaria on November 5, 2025 at 5:07 amI heard people on the internet like to look at pictures of cats but I don’t own a cat, so please look at this jack-o-lantern from the night they had scuba divers doing pumpkin carving underwater at the Long Beach Aquarium. The truth to how I get business – I answer the phone I get...
- Why won’t SAS see this character variable is equal?by annmaria on July 16, 2023 at 6:13 pm
When I selected observations where the character variable was equal to a certain value, SAS returned 0 observations - but I knew there should be a match!
- Macros, SQL and Reading CSV with SAS – Part 1by annmaria on December 27, 2022 at 6:31 am
How can you combine data sets with different variable lengths, different unique identifiers, in a different format than last year? It's easy.
- Converting to fiscal years, using SASby annmaria on January 30, 2022 at 5:50 am
Creating a new variable for fiscal year with SAS is actually super simple.
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- Learning Decision Process Theory with a Wolfram Language Toolkit
by Gerald H. Thomas on August 22, 2025 at 7:30 pmIn our daily lives, individuals, corporations and societies are constantly involved in making decisions. We hope to make optimal choices, especially when faced with recurrent decision processes. Thus we care about why and how our decision processes change over time. As a practicing engineer and an instructor in higher education, it is my opinion that
- What’s Up with Daylight Saving Time? A Brief History and Analysis with Wolfram Language
by Nick Lariviere on March 5, 2025 at 5:12 pmIn the next few days, most people in the United States, Canada, Cuba, Haiti and some parts of Mexico will be transitioning from “standard” (or winter) time to “daylight” (or summer) time. This semiannual tradition has been the source of desynchronized alarm clocks, missed appointments and headaches for parents trying to get kids to bed at the right time since 1908, but why exactly do we fiddle with the clocks two times a year?
- A Whole New Ball Game: Game Theory in Wolfram Language 14.2
by Marc Vicuna on February 25, 2025 at 6:17 pmDo you want to make optimal decisions against competition? Do you want to analyze competitive contexts and predict outcomes of competitive events? Do you need to elaborate strategies and plans against adversity and test the effectiveness of those strategies? Or are you simply an undergraduate student struggling to cope with a required course on game
- Master the Basics of Laplace Transforms in Just 15 Lessons with Wolfram Language
by Juan Ortiz on February 5, 2025 at 8:30 pmThe Laplace transform provides effective and easy means for solving many problems that arise in the fields of science and engineering. It is one of the main tools available for solving differential equations. For most of us, the first time we see it is in an introductory differential equations course. Wolfram Language provides an ideal
- Learn Complex Analysis Today with Wolfram Language
by Marco Saragnese on October 15, 2024 at 3:44 pmComplex analysis is a versatile tool that is used extensively in science, engineering and other fields. It is also a beautiful topic in and of itself. Hence, a course in complex analysis is a standard part of the curriculum for physics and engineering students and a stepping stone for more advanced topics in mathematics. Wolfram
- Hypergeometric Functions: From Euler to Appell and Beyond
by Tigran Ishkhanyan on January 25, 2024 at 5:35 pmHypergeometric series appeared in the mid-seventeenth century; since then, they have played an important role in the development of mathematical and physical theories. Most of the elementary and special functions are members of the large hypergeometric class. Hypergeometric functions have been a part of Wolfram Language since Version 1.0. The following plot shows the implementation
- Get Down to Business with Finite Mathematics in Wolfram Language
by John McNally on December 22, 2023 at 3:41 pm“There is every reason to expect that the various social sciences will serve as incentives for the development of great new branches of mathematics and that some day the theoretical social scientist will have to know more mathematics than the physicist needs to know today.” —John G. Kemeny, first author of the original textbook on
- Don’t Be Discreet and Learn Discrete Mathematics with Wolfram Language
by Marc Vicuna on November 29, 2023 at 6:00 pm“The spread of computers and the internet will put jobs in two categories. People who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do.” — Marc Andreessen, inventor of the Netscape browser How is data organized in databases? Why are some computer programs faster than others? How can algorithms
- Learn Multivariable Calculus through Incredible Visualizations with Wolfram Language
by Tim McDevitt on November 6, 2023 at 3:57 pmMultivariable calculus extends calculus concepts to functions of several variables and is an essential tool for modeling and regression analysis in economics, engineering, data science and other fields. Learning multivariable calculus is also the first step toward advanced calculus and follows single-variable calculus courses. Wolfram Language provides world-class functionality for the computation and visualization of
