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A leading educator has weighed in on the debate surrounding a seemingly impossible math problem allegedly set as homework for a 5th grader in the U.S. The math question first came to light after a ...

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An 80-year-old problem concerning the simplex method, known as the mathematics of optimization, was recently solved. Getty Images In the movie 'Good Will Hunting,' the protagonist, a janitor at the ...

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