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Re:Recognizing when two arithmetic expressions are essential... by Ar-Curunir on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @07:19PM (#15077175)
what kind of math problems were the students supposed to solve? I ask because the approach you mention is still the best way we have of determining whether two polynomials are equivalent:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynomial_identity_testing

Re:Recognizing when two arithmetic expressions are essential... by Animats on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @12:16AM (#15078489)
Basic high school and college math.