Frank Morgan of Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., recently illustrated such difficulties when he invited an audience of mathematicians, students, and others to vote on which one of a given pair ...

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For those of us who still take pride in the "B" received in honors math in high school, Karen Uhlenbeck brings us back down to earth. Quickly. If Uhlenbeck's name is unfamiliar, that's perhaps ...

Frank Morgan of Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., recently illustrated such difficulties when he invited an audience of mathematicians, students, and others to vote on which one of a given pair ...

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