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Problem of the Week: 11-08-18: Prove Pasch’s Postulate as a Theorem [Geometry]

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Happy 175th birthday Moritz Pasch! The German mathematician was born on November 8, 1843.  Pasch specialized in the foundations of geometry. He is best remembered for Pasch's axiom, which he discovered in 1882.  Although axioms do not require proofs, in this week's problem we celebrate Pasch's birthday by- you guessed it- proving  Pasch's axiom. Why? Because proofs are FUN .        Solution: Video:
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Problem of the Week: 09-06-18: Solving Linear Congruence using Fermat's Little Theorem [Number Theory]

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Problem of the Week 08-30-18: Solving Equation for Variables [Algebra]

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Problem of the Week 08-23-18: Solving a Trigonometric Equation [Trig]

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Problem of the Week 08-16-18: Nullspace of a Matrix [Linear Algebra]

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Problem of the Week 7-26-18: 2nd Order Nonhomogenous Linear Differential Equation [Differential Equations]

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