As parents, we try. We worry. We wonder if we’re doing enough. Are they learning what they should? Are they falling behind?

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Talks are usually on Monday afternoons from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. A reception usually precedes the talk at 4:00 p.m. in PSB 361, Math Lounge at Bryn Mawr, or the Foyer outside Hilles 109 at Haverford.

A couple of smart scientists have finally managed to crack a mathematics problem that is nearly 200 years old.