Students may have been thrown by new topics on the higher-level applied maths paper but there was also a good mix of the ...

Just as a word arises from the alignment of vectors in latent space, a particle might arise from the alignment of string vibrations in geometric space. Meaning and mass—two forms of reduction.

In more technical language, think of the coconut as a sphere and the hairs as vectors. A vector, often depicted as an arrow, is just something with a magnitude (or length) and a direction.

From RTÉ Radio 1's Liveline, listeners discuss issues with the 2015 Leaving Cert maths papers. Maths for girls. Another discovery is that there were girls and boys-specific exams and questions at ...