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A Political Redistricting Tool for the Rest of Us

 Mathematics - Research News
 08 September 2017
In the United States, congressional districts are redrawn every ten years based on changes in population revealed by the census. Individual states are responsible for redrawing their congressional districts. Often sophisticated (and expensive) software packages are used to guide redistricting...

Rethinking Pythagoras

 Mathematics - Research News
 08 September 2017
This article explores analogues of the Pythagorean Theorem in non-Euclidean geometries. ...

Listen to Lockhart

 Mathematics - General News
 08 September 2017
Writing for Business Insider, Andy Kiersz recommends that "anyone who has any interest in math and math education" read Paul Lockhart's "A Mathematician's Lament." ...

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