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Is studying math at university worth it?

I've always had a love for math. Technically, I started with loving general science from 7 years old, got into physics and cosmology at about...

A surprisingly simple algorithm that generates the Twin Primes

This algorithm enumerates the twin-primes without performing explicit primality tests. A twin-prime witness is an integer w such that both 6w1 and 6w+1 are both prime. A...

How do classical mathematicians deal with the fact that some statements are undecidable?

So, as far as I understand classical mathematics assumes the law of excluded middle. I wonder then, how is it compatible with the fact that...

Why are math teachers so badly paid?

This blows my mind every time I think about it. For context, I'm a software engineer who gravitated towards the field only thanks to my...