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GSM8K-V is a purely visual multi-image mathematical reasoning benchmark that systematically maps each GSM8K math word problem into its visual counterpart to enable a clean, within-item comparison ...

For elementary students, math problem-solving often feels like a puzzle without all the pieces. They know there’s a solution somewhere, but they can’t quite see how it all fits together. Behind every ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) Progress in the foundations of physics is moving slowly. And yet it moves. Today I look at the five biggest problems in physics, what their status is, and how long it will ...

Technology has become so embedded in daily life, including classrooms, that we often forget its purpose: to help us complete tasks more efficiently. Whether it’s solving a math problem with AI, asking ...

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Abstract: We introduce an approach that automatically learns to solve algebra word problems. Our algorithm, a pioneering result for this task, reasons across sentence boundaries. It constructs and ...

Sven, a sales leader, received a call from a major customer who was furious. Their order arrived late, the product was damaged, and to top it off, their invoice didn’t reflect the volume discount ...

There may be some value in "sleeping on it"—or, at least, in taking a deep power nap for 20 minutes—when it comes to problem solving, as it may lead you to a "eureka" moment. This is the conclusion of ...