Tackling Cancer with Free Online Math

October 7, 2011   |   Posted by Student

The recent death of Apple founder Steve Jobs from pancreatic cancer at the young age of fifty-six highlights the dismal progress in the War on Cancer, despite over $200 billion, over one million published research papers, and the efforts of hundreds of thousands of highly qualified, hard working, committed researchers since 1971. Steve Jobs inspiring [...]

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Arc

October 7, 2011   |   Posted by Student

There are a number of meanings for the word “arc” in mathematics. In general, an arc is any smooth curve joining two points. The length of an arc is known as its arc length. In a graph, a graph arc is an ordered pair of adjacent vertices. In particular, an arc is any portion (other [...]

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