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The new formula to calculate your scholarship

The decree of Education will set the scholarship for 2013-2014 course, has created a new support system that will reward students with better marks. To do this, in addition to raise the minimum marks required, the scolarship will divide into a fixed part and a variable one. And to calculate the variable portion, is established a complex mathematical formula where takes into account the student´s mark and the other scholarship holders´ marks. Here's the formula, and each item has his explanation:

But, DON´T WORRY! The explanation is in Spanish in this link. It´s very interesting,! Come on!

Carried out by: Jesús Catena Gómez
Source: http://catedu.es/matematicas_mundo/NOTICIAS/noticias.htm

Using maths to explain the universe

Leonard Susskind is a professor at Stanford University who is regarded as one of the fathers of string theory, a somewhat controversial attempt to explain physics using a single mathematical framework.

We have decided to attach you an interesting interview we saw on The Economist blog in which he talks about using maths to explain the universe. Here's the link, enjoy! 

Carried out by: Pedro Díaz 
Source: http://www.economist.com