An advanced math course that parents and students have been clamoring for is on the verge of approval at the Palo Alto Unified School District, but the course must overcome opposition from leading ...

The idea that reality—the universe, our world, and everything we perceive—is a simulation has fascinated philosophers and scientists for millennia, but new findings suggest that the theory, despite ...

The Office of the Dean of Arts and Humanities, the Mahindra Humanities Center, and Harvard University Press hosted a discussion commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the Norton Lectures on ...

On a windy Thursday night in downtown Boston, the hanging portraits of Bostonians past seemed to watch over the bustling crowd in Democracy Brewing‘s backroom. Sixty young professionals claimed seats ...

Please ensure you check the module availability box for each module outline, as not all modules will run in each academic year. Each module description relates to the year indicated in the module ...

Abstract: Physical dimensions and units, such as mass (kg), length (m), time (s), and charge (C), provide the link between mathematics and the physical world. It is well known that careful attention ...

Last year, onlookers observed a startling site on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river’s famed tidal ...

THE history of the mathematical term “matrix” is likely to be very interesting. Its original meaning was an array of symbols (a mn) forming a rectangle of m rows and columns, out of which determinants ...

- can solve systems of linear equations in matrix form using Gaussian elimination The link leads to Completion methods tab of the course page From the top of the page (Version drop-down menu), check ...

The Mathematics Department will host the 56th DeLong lecture series featuring Professor Laura DeMarco from Harvard University in February 2025. The lecture series consists of a general audience talk ...