Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.

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Abstract: This paper presents an innovative optimized rotor winding for an electrically excited synchronous motor by means of additive manufacturing (AM). The new coil geometry was designed with the ...

A magic trick that nobody wanted: the reappearing gender gap in K-12 students’ science and math scores. Beset by problems and starved of funding, can ...

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