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Mathematicians are in short supply in the United States. Potter Wickware examines how the federal agencies plan to boost the numbers.

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  1. Potter Wickware is a science writer in San Francisco.

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Wickware, P. The numbers game. Nature 412, 4–5 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35091267

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