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Richard Rusczyk standing in front of a yellow wall in an Art of Problem Solving classroom in San Diego.
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The Math Evangelist Who Preaches Problem-Solving

By Erica Klarreich
September 13, 2022
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Richard Rusczyk, founder of Art of Problem Solving, has a vision for bringing “joyous, beautiful math” — and problem-solving — to classrooms everywhere.

Color photo of Jordan Ellenberg sitting with a laptop by a lake at sunset
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A Number Theorist Who Connects Math to Other Creative Pursuits

By Steve Nadis
May 27, 2021
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Jordan Ellenberg enjoys studying — and writing about — the mathematics underlying everyday phenomena.

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The Math of Social Distancing Is a Lesson in Geometry

By Patrick Honner
July 13, 2020
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How to safely reopen offices, schools and other public spaces while keeping people six feet apart comes down to a question mathematicians have been studying for centuries.

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To Win This Numbers Game, Learn to Avoid Math Patterns

By Patrick Honner
May 7, 2020
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Sizing up patternless sets is hard, so mathematicians rely on simple bounds to help answer their questions.

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How Rational Math Catches Slippery Irrational Numbers

By Patrick Honner
March 10, 2020
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Finding the best way to approximate the ever-elusive irrational numbers pits the infinitely large against the infinitely small.

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How Simple Math Can Cover Even the Most Complex Holes

By Patrick Honner
January 8, 2020
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No one knows how to find the smallest shape that can cover all other shapes of a certain width. But high school geometry is getting us closer to an answer.

An illustration of a mathematician staring up at an infinite pile of cubes of varying sizes and colors.
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Why the Sum of Three Cubes Is a Hard Math Problem

By Patrick Honner
November 5, 2019
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Looking for answers in infinite space is hard. High school math can help narrow your search.

Two competitors are racing to solve the multiplication problem 25 times 63 in two separate lanes of a running track. One competitor is using the standard multiplication algorithm while the other is using Karatsuba method.
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Multiply

By Patrick Honner
September 23, 2019
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The way you learned to multiply works, but computers employ a faster algorithm.

Art for "Color Me Polynomial"
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Color Me Polynomial

By Patrick Honner
August 13, 2019
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Polynomials aren’t just exercises in abstraction. They’re good at illuminating structure in surprising places.


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