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The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

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Abstract: Designing algorithms to solve math word problems (MWPs) is an important research topic in natural language processing and smart education domains. The task of solving MWPs involves ...