Math

How much do we really understand terms like "R numbers" and "exponential growth?" Self-perception about math ability may be affecting our COVID-19 understanding.

The G3 award is granted yearly to organizations who work for diversity in the field of space research and have shown excellent results.

Ninth-grader Noga Friedman of Rehovot's De Shalit Middle School won a gold medal and Ya'ara Shulman, a tenth-grader who studies at Herzliya's Rishonim High School, won a silver medal.

The machine was named after the Indian mathematician Ramanujan, who came from a poor family but nevertheless had a major impact on the formulation of unproven mathematical formulas.

Israeli students ranked 9th in math and 16th in science among the 39 participating countries.

High school students who take up 5-unit and 4-unit level math courses earn higher wages than their peers. Even those who get poor grades on such levels earn more than students who excel at lower ones

Prof. David Kazhdan is one of the great luminaries of the representation theory, his originality and knowledge are incomprehensible.

Many of us are afraid of numbers to begin with. If we add those worries to our fears of a lethal virus, we can quickly understand why restoring numerical context is essential.

The team is composed of silver medal winner Noga Friedman, bronze winner Nicole Grossman, bronze winner Maya Kleinshtien and Roni Hazan.

Professor Furstenberg survived Kristallnacht, eventually moving to Israel in 1965 and helping to establish the State as a global centre of mathematical excellence.