Precalculus Coordinator Matthew Beyranevand, left, and math major Melanie Khiem are researching the K-12 math curriculum and success in college calculus.

Schools report growing demand and success from students taking the relatively new College Board math course.

In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.