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The misconception that all frogs, or at least all those found in North America, make this sound comes from its extensive use in Hollywood films. [78] [79] There is no credible evidence that the candiru, a South American parasitic catfish, can swim up a human urethra if one urinates in the water in which it lives. The sole documented case of ...
He completed an S.B. and S.M. in Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972. [1] The title of his thesis was "Evaluation of certain character sums". [1] He was a Putnam Fellow at MIT in 1970. [2] He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from MIT for his thesis "The 4-part of the class group of a quadratic field", in 1974.
Mathematics – the Olmec and the Maya–who succeeded the Olmec–independently developed the concept of zero (independent of the ancient Hindus in India) in mathematics. The ancient Mexicans also developed complex arithmetic functions and operations such as additions, subtractions, divisions, and multiplications.
The following is a chronological list of political catchphrases throughout the history of the United States government. This is not necessarily a list of historical quotes, but phrases that have been commonly referenced or repeated within various political contexts.
Edward W Ng (Chinese: δΌη ε; September 23, 1939 – December 14, 2018) was an American applied mathematician who had also held the positions of senior scientist, senior engineer and technical manager in the U.S. Space Program.
The quote came from testimony Lehman gave before a House subcommittee in 1947 — and it was first added to U.S. passports as part of a redesign for passports issued after 2004, a State Department ...
Underwood Dudley (born January 6, 1937) is an American mathematician and writer. His popular works include several books describing crank mathematics by pseudomathematicians who incorrectly believe they have squared the circle or done other impossible things. He is the discoverer of the Dudley triangle. [1] [2]
In 1995, he received the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the American Mathematical Society. He was awarded a Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 2002/03 for his creation of fundamental concepts in algebraic number theory. [11] In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. [12]