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A UConn math professor is publishing a paper that breaks new ground, and may one day solve problems yet to be identified. Ralf Schiffler, associate professor of math, ponders an equation. (Sean ...

Areas of pure math such as algebra, analysis, combinatorics and many others can be used—in some cases combined—to solve the complex math problems arising from applications of math to the real world.

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