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Sage: Open Source Mathematics Software
Sage is a free open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. It combines the power of many existing open-source packages into a common Python-based interface.
mathematics  math  python  software  tools 
february 2011 by amy
eScienceCommons: New theories reveal the nature of numbers
Oops -- meant to include this with that Holy Freaking Cow, What Awesome
#Math  Math  from twitter_favs
january 2011 by amy
AIM math: American Institute of Mathematics
I can barely even comprehend the here, but it's enough to say: holy freaking cow, that's awesome.
#math  math  from twitter_favs
january 2011 by amy
Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: The Fundamental Limits of Privacy For Social Networks
Using social networks to make recommendations will always compromise privacy, according to a mathematical proof of the limits of privacy.
privacy  math 
october 2010 by amy
Maths behind Internet encryption wins top award : Nature News
The Abel prize — considered the 'Nobel' prize of mathematics — has been awarded to John Tate, recently retired from the University of Texas at Austin, for his work on algebraic number theory, the mathematical discipline that deals with connections between whole numbers and lies at the heart of Internet security.
mathematics  math  texas  austin 
march 2010 by amy
Few gender differences in math abilities, worldwide study finds
Few Gender Differences in Math Abilities, Worldwide Study Finds: Source: ScienceDailyGirls around... http://bit.ly/6TkClT #psychology #news
twitter_fav  @PsychologyNow  gender  math 
january 2010 by amy
Math Trek: The Grammy in Mathematics, Science News Online, Feb. 9, 2008
Mathematician nominated for award for restoring the only known recording of a live Woody Guthrie performance
audio  news  music  media  history  math  cool 
february 2008 by amy
True random number generator goes online | Press Esc
A 'true' random number generator that relies on the unpredictable quantum process of photon emission has gone online providing academic and scientific community access to true random numbers free of charge.
cool  math  physics 
july 2007 by amy
Women Aren't Good in Math . . . or Are They?
Women score much lower on math tests if they are first asked questions about gender issues. The phenomenon is "stereotype threat"... psychologists found that black students did worse on intelligence tests if they were first asked to identify their race.
gender  culture  race  math 
september 2006 by amy
Would You Take the Bird in the Hand, or a 75% Chance at the Two in the Bush? - New York Times
a correlation between skill at certain types of math problems, and risk-taking. However, there are gender differences in the degree of correlation.
math  neuroscience  gender 
february 2006 by amy

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