Function secret sharing (FSS) is a secret sharing technique for functions in a specific function class, mainly including distributed point function (DPF) and distributed comparison function (DCF). As ...

ROLLERCOASTER RIDE: Desmos is up to more math goodness with the recent addition of Function Carnival, developed in collaboration with Dan Meyer and Christopher Danielson. Function Carnival helps ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Calculus is a powerful mathematical tool. But for hundreds of years after its invention in the 17th century, it stood on a shaky ...

The Palo Alto Board of Education has unanimously approved a multivariable calculus course. Weekly file photo by Veronica Weber. The Palo Alto Board of Education unanimously approved two new advanced ...

In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.

Students catch up under a giant oak tree on the first day of school at Palo Alto High School on August 14, 2024. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. In an effort to provide students more advancement ...