quadratic

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The paper, "Ultraviolet completion of the Big Bang in quadratic gravity," appears in Physical Review Letters.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

Our high-school nightmares are graffitied with formulas and calculus and quadratic equations, panicked pop quizzes corrected with a harsh red pen.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

One especially influential Indian mathematician was Brahmagupta, whose algebraic techniques could handle any quadratic equation.

From Scientific American • Aug. 10, 2023

The sixth graders at Khan Lab School, an independent school with an elementary campus in Palo Alto, Calif., were working on quadratic equations, graphing functions, Venn diagrams.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

It’s the famous quadratic formula, which is the crowning achievement of high-school algebra class.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife