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Boys and girls tend to use different strategies to solve math problems, new research shows

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...
Yahoo Finance

Rigetti Computing Awarded DARPA IMPAQT Contract to Advance Quantum Algorithms for Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems

BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigetti Computing, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGTI) (“Rigetti” or the “Company”), a pioneer in full-stack quantum-classical computing, today announced that it ...
Quanta Magazine

New Algorithm Breaks Speed Limit for Solving Linear Equations

Grade school math students are likely familiar with teachers admonishing them not to just guess the answer to a problem. But a new proof establishes that, in fact, the right kind of guessing is ...
Wired

A New Quantum Algorithm Speeds Up Solving a Huge Class of Problems

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For computer scientists, solving problems is a bit like mountaineering. First they must choose a problem to solve—akin to identifying a ...
Education Week

Should ‘Regrouping’ Be Taught Earlier Under Common-Core Math Standards?

The common-core math standards require that students learn the standard algorithm for multi-digit adding and subtracting—you know, the process in which you line the numbers up vertically to add or ...