Abstract: Superconducting electrodynamic suspension (EDS) is one of the potential schemes for high-speed rail transit. However, the electrodynamic dynamics modeling and the characterization of the ...

Abstract: This paper presents a novel sequential inverse optimal control (SIOC) method for discrete-time systems, which calculates the unknown weight vectors of the cost function in real time using ...

Pure mathematics uses mathematics to explore abstract ideas, mathematics that does not necessarily describe a real physical system. This can include developing the fundamental tools used by ...

Knowledge gained by combining measurements and simulations leads to increased confidence in the safety of products, as Louise Wright explains.

The reading and math scores of 12th graders has dropped to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to results from an exam known as the nation's report card. The National Assessment of ...

Students from a variety of academic backgrounds who are interested in becoming scholars and leaders in mathematics education. Prior knowledge of mathematics and issues related to teaching and learning ...

The billionaire heiress who recently donated $250,000 to a super PAC supporting socialist Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign is bankrolling a national push to bring “woke math” into public schools ...

The Education Department has released a new Nation's Report Card. High school students, especially 12th graders, are reading and learning math and science at historic lows, according to a new report ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading ...

In Amitav Ghosh’s Shadow Lines, the protagonist’s grandmother observes: “I could come home to Dhaka whenever I wanted.” She is referring to the time she had spent in Moulmein and Mandalay in Burma, ...

High schoolers’ reading and math scores dropped to the lowest level in decades, along with declines in science scores from eighth graders, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...