The World's 23 Toughest Math Questions

networkworld.com by Layer 8 | Sep. 29, 2008 (News Report)

It sounds like a math phobic's worst nightmare or perhaps Good Will Hunting for the ages.

Those wacky folks at he the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have put out a research request it calls Mathematical Challenges, that has the mighty goal of "dramatically revolutionizing mathematics and thereby strengthening DoD's scientific and technological capabilities." Full Story »

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Not the greatest piece of prose ever published, be a really nice succinct survey of the modern problems in mathematics, and a great collection of links to layman-grade sources of more information about these problems. If you know a math student who needs a pep-talk, this article will certainly do the trick. Math Rules!

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