With the advent of the iPhone and iPad, new apps have come out of the woodwork. Educational apps for kids take up a huge piece of the market. And, I swear, half of those are ABC apps. But, among the ...

Algebra can be demystified with the right approach. Transforming word problems into mathematical expressions is crucial, alongside using formula sheets and colour-coding equations for clarity.

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Journal of the American Mathematical Society, Vol. 32, No. 3 (JULY 2019), pp. 691-707 (17 pages) Tigran Ananyan and Melvin Hochster, Small subalgebras of polynomial rings and Stillman’s conjecture, ...