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Throughout my many years as a mathematician, there is a single phrase I have heard far more often than any other: "I can't do math."

Rather innocent, isn't it? Many of you in this room have probably said as much at least once in your lives. In most cases, it is a form of self-degradation: "I am not good enough to ever understand mathematics." Perhaps you deemed it a lost cause after one too many subpar report cards in middle or high school, or maybe you had a mean-spirited math professor that tormented you during your undergraduate studies. Some of you might even consider it a badge of honor of sorts: "Math is useless anyway." "Thank God that's not me!" "Kudos for doing the job that nobody else wants." "I went into humanities to avoid that number crap!"

Even as I recite these quotes, I hear chuckles and scoffs echoing across the room. To that, I say: what if it was literacy instead? Would you laugh if I said I didn't know how to pronounce my R's until I was 11? What if I deemed myself intrinsically incapable of reading after one of the numerous setbacks I experienced during my childhood? If I said "Haha, I escaped writing DBQs by becoming a mathematician!", would you consider that to be a "badge of honor"? Tell me, how could ignorance of any kind be something to celebrate?

Mathematics is the fundamental language of the universe. It is what separates formal research from casual inquiry, understanding from intuition, and logic from belief. It is, in many ways, the boundary between the mundane and the anomalous: our best defense against the terrible unknowns of the universe that, without our intervention, would sunder the Veil without a second thought.

But this isn't about using scare tactics to inflate our department's importance and yearly budget, is it? No, this is about you—yes, **you**—and how sentiments like "I can't do math" are in fact the only thing holding you back. You are not irreparably broken, forever eluded by the complexities of numbers and data. You are not stupid, nor a failure, nor "built wrong" in any way for not understanding how math all fits together. Just as I overcame my difficulties with reading and writing, you can improve your relationship with mathematics. Approach it with an open mind, and afford yourself some kindness and patience instead of immediately jumping to self-degradation. Because one day, when you look back at your progress, you'll realize that maybe you //could// do math all along—and maybe, just maybe, you'll see the beauty inherent in all mathematics, just as I have.

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—Dr. Evelyn King, Math Department Head, delivering her introductory speech for the mathematics segment of the Foundation's 2025 Annual Research Symposium

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The Department of Mathematics serves as the backbone of the Foundation's many endeavors in the empirical sciences. Their Department's primary function is the study, taming, and weaponization of the numerous mathematical anomalies that eat away at the logical underpinnings of the natural world. Secondarily, they also provide crucial educational and computational support for Foundation personnel involved in research, containment, and logistical efforts.

Historically, many divisions within the Foundation have outsourced tedious computational work to the Mathematics Department; without a fully-fledged identity of their own, the department faded into the background, becoming an essential yet invisible node in the Foundation's vast web of bureaucracy and infrastructure. However, as more and more mathematical anomalies were discovered and contained, the need for an independent body of anomalous mathematics researchers became apparent. The research-centric Esoteric Mathematics subdivision was [[[Final Lecture|founded in 2010]]], and its more aggressive cousin, the Tactical Mathematics subdivision, was formally established in 2020.

The Math Department is based out of Site-Σ, but many smaller pockets of math researchers are spread across the Foundation's various facilities. Many of its members enjoy the luxuries of a relaxed, relatively niche community of like-minded academics—but in light of the department's recent expansions, the possibility of danger and excitement is always just around the corner.

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> For a glossary of real-life mathematics terms, see [[[Mathematics Glossary|here]]].

Below is a list of terms that may be helpful when reading or writing articles and tales involving nonanomalous mathematics.

**Esoteric Mathematics:** A catch-all term for any mathematics possessing anomalous properties, especially for when these anomalous properties are studied and can be logically made sense of (to at least some extent).

**Math-Erosion:** The gradual structural degradation of a nonanomalous mathematical or digital system. Usually caused by the introduction of a mathematical anomaly to a system that wasn't designed to account for its presence. [[[SCP-033]]] is the archetypical example. **Numsafe RGU-𝕐** software is designed to be immune to these effects.

**Numsafe RGU-𝕐:** A specialized operating system and rendering engine built using purely non-numerical programming, which allows for the safe containment and study of **math-eroding** anomalies. Originally designed by Prof. Bhaumik in collaboration with Dr. Treyvon Buckhanon and Infohazard Containment staff from Site-21 in order to contain [[[SCP-5789|SCP-𝕐]]].

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[[tab Usage]]
> For guidance on how to incorporate general mathematical elements into your works, see [[[Mathematics Writing Guide|here]]].

Beyond articles and tales specific to its ongoings, the Math Department excels at filling auxiliary and supporting roles within a story. Departmental collaboration is their specialty! Any good research endeavor, logistics challenge, or secret project employs mathematicians to help keep the machine in working order.

Want to involve the Math Department in your writing somehow? The entries below might help you out.

**Tone:** At its core, mathematics is an intellectual endeavor. The tone of a story involving the Math Dept. can be pretty much anything—intrigue-based mysteries, heart-wrenching romance, abstract or surreal works of art—but if you neglect its academic inclinations, what's the point of including it at all? This isn't to say that anything involving Math Dept. has to be heavy on the math, of course; what matters is respecting the intellect of both the characters involved and the reader. Intellectually engaging the characters is a good way to show their personalities and possibly push them to their limits, and if done right, intellectually engaging the reader is a good way to keep them hooked.

**Scope:** While the Math Dept. is easily adaptable to stories of varying scope—and even within the department, each subdivision is different in size and scale—it is usually best to portray it as smaller and more eccentric compared to the departments it works with. This hub describes how most of its budget goes to the development of various [[[aiad-homescreen|Artificial Intelligence Conscripts]]] (the number of which can be counted on one hand), but there is nothing stopping an author from ignoring these for the sake of [[[third-law-hub|canons]]] that aren't compatible with the AIAD canon.

**Style:** Like this hub, pages centered around the Math Dept. tend to use the [[[theme:penumbra|Penumbra theme]]]—nothing fancy there. Since math is blue, the Math Dept. as a whole uses [[span style="color:#1eb5e8"]]#1eb5e8[[/span]], while Applied Math uses [[span style="color:#65cdf0"]]#65cdf0[[/span]], Esoteric Math uses [[span style="color:#0099cc"]]#0099cc[[/span]], and Tactical Math uses [[span style="color:#636fee"]]#636fee[[/span]]. Similarly, department logos graciously provided by [[*user BlueEyedFox_]] and [[*user DirEthan]] have been included as files attached to this page. Everything style-related is included at the top of this page's CSS, so feel free to just copy/paste that.

If you are looking to write something involving the Math Department, or even if you just want advice on polishing/establishing the math involved in your works, feel free to reach out to [[*user badooga]] on Discord. Either way, this is a collaborative hub—if you have something to add to it, don't hesitate to do so!

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If you're interested in reading more math articles on this site, see below.

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|| [[[SCP-033]]] || [[*user scratskinner]] || Esoteric ||
|| [[[SCP-1313]]] || [[*user maliceaforethought]] || Esoteric ||
|| [[[SCP-4314]]] || [[*user badooga]] || Applied/Esoteric ||
|| [[[SCP-5650]]] || [[*user Sinagsikap]] || Tactical ||
|| [[[SCP-6172]]] || [[*user ralliston]] || — ||
|| [[[SCP-7336]]] || [[*user towwl]] || Esoteric ||
|| [[[SCP-7706]]] || [[*user thecommunity]] || Esoteric ||
|| [[[SCP-7865]]] || [[*user antiempress]] || Applied ||
|| [[[SCP-8153]]] || [[*user mxsinister]] || Esoteric ||
|| [[[SCP-9153]]] || [[*user badooga]] || Esoteric ||
|| [[[daevite-mathematics-complex-numbers|]]] || [[*user badooga]] || Applied ||
|| [[[Final Lecture]]] || [[*user badooga]] || — ||
|| [[[Mandatory Lecture on Significant Figures ]]] || [[*user sasarpillsa]] || — ||
|| [[[Necessities]]] || [[*user HarryBlank]] || Esoteric ||

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|| [[[SCP-3125]]] || [[*user qntm]] ||
|| [[[SCP-8153]]] || [[*user mxsinister]] ||
|| [[[SCP-9153]]] || [[*user badooga]] ||
|| [[[fifthist-hub|]]] || [[*user riemann]] ||
|| [[[SCP-SCP-033]]] || [[*user decibelles]] ||
|| [[[the-set-of-all-numbers-which-might-be-bears|]]] || [[*user gwenwinterheart]] ||
|| [[[thullsh-t|]]] || [[*user oboebandgeek99]] ||

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Welcome, %%title%%! My name is Athena.aic, and I am here to guide you through the new and improved documentation for Project Athena: an initiative spearheaded by the Department of Applied Mathematics to help improve academic rigor and standards across the Foundation.
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Welcome, researcher! My name is Athena.aic, and I am here to guide you through the new and improved documentation for Project Athena: an educational initiative spearheaded by the Department of Applied Mathematics to help improve academic rigor and standards across the Foundation.
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Whether you seek textbooks, lecture recordings, problem sets, research papers, or other educational materials, Project Athena is your one-stop destination for all things academic. As of now, the majority of these resources are centered around mathematics—but with your help, Project Athena can become an interdisciplinary hub for researchers across all sites and secure facilities to take part in.

Remember: a well-educated Foundation is a secure Foundation.

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—Project Athena's orientation page

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Project Athena is a collaborative effort to improve academic standards across the wiki through tales or other in-universe documents that, in addition to their normal contents, teach real-life educational topics to the reader in a straightforward, accessible format. While this hub is of course math-centered, this project isn't limited to mathematics—those who want to teach members of the wiki about any academic subjects of their choice can participate!

**For Readers:** Many pages on the wiki are heavy on math, science, and other academic fields that might go well over your head. Authors do their best to make these pages accessible to those not well-versed in their fields, but sometimes there is still confusion. Project Athena seeks to lower the barrier of entry for these pages, thus allowing you to enjoy them to their fullest extent.

**For Authors:** Writing technical articles and tales can be quite difficult, especially when trying to keep it accessible to general audiences. Large collapsibles or footnotes explaining these subjects can detract from the pages in question if not handled carefully—and that's assuming you have the prerequisite knowledge to handle everything perfectly to begin with! To keep it all accessible, streamlined, and engaging for you and your readers, consider putting the academic background for your works on standalone pages that can then be linked as a form of optional supplementation (as a concrete example of this in action, see [[[SCP-9153]]]).

**How To Contribute:** Simply post a tale, guide, or other page that teaches the reader about real-life academic subjects (e.g. mathematics) and include a row for it in the table below—that's it! For best results, try to keep the document in-universe: you could wrap the educational material in a story-based tale, or include a transcript of a Foundation professor's lecture on the subject, or create a primer that is written from the perspective of Foundation academics. Discussions of fictitious and anomalous educational material can also be included, but for it to be united under the Project Athena banner, the nonfictional subjects should be the primary focus.

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|| [[[daevite-mathematics-complex-numbers|]]] || [[*user badooga]] || Trigonometry ||
|| [[[Final Lecture]]] || [[*user badooga]] || Set Theory ||
|| [[[Mandatory Lecture on Significant Figures ]]] || [[*user sasarpillsa]] || Measurement Precision ||

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If you're writing any sort of series for the Math Department, feel free to list it here!

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This series is ongoing.

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|| [[[SCP-9153]]]: The Missing Infinity || [[*user badooga]] ||
|| [[[SCP-4314]]]: An Irrational Number || [[*user badooga]] ||

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The oldest, biggest, and most well-funded subdivision of the three, the Department of Applied Mathematics is responsible for the utilization of most nonanomalous mathematics currently in use across the Foundation.

**Function:** In addition to providing relevant Foundation staff an education in nonanomalous mathematics that surpasses most math university programs in quality, members of the Applied Mathematics subdivision are employed across countless sites to assist in accounting, containment, logistic, and research endeavors.

**Relations:** The Applied Math Department maintains rivalries with the Department of Analytics and the Department of Physics; both have been known to poach new recruits from Applied Math for their own projects, but the Physics Department's all-too-frequent lack of mathematical rigor makes them their number one rival. Within the Math Department, they also resent the Esoteric Math subdivision for their elitist attitudes and steer clear of anything involving Tactical Math out of self-preservation.

On the other hand, the subdivision maintains very close ties with the [[[aiad-homescreen|Artificial Intelligence Applications Division]]] and frequently collaborates on projects with them—so much so that it was nearly named the Department of Computational Mathematics.

**History:** The origins of the Department of Applied Mathematics have been all but lost to time and bureaucratic disorganization, but there are [[[SCP-7865|records]]] of its predecessor's activities dating back to at least the 1950s before it went defunct at the end of 1959. The subdivision was reestablished in the 1980s after significant advancements in the Foundation's technological capabilities, and since then has spearheaded Project Athena: an initiative to improve the Foundation's overall standards in math; their efforts have culminated in the creation of the mathematical superintelligence Athena.aic.

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**Designation:** Athena.aic
**Version:** 3.27.9

**Function:** Applied Mathematics Guide
**Clearance:** Level 3
**Location:** Many

**Summary:** The Foundation's most robust mathematics AIC to date, Athena.aic is used across the Foundation to guide and verify calculations and other academic endeavors. Its 3.0.0 update also grants it limited support for similar utilities pertaining to the English language and most forms of programming.

Athena.aic is not built to handle anomalous mathematics; if encountered, the Esoteric Math Department's Myrmex.aic is immediately flagged to handle the situation instead.

**Relevant Files:** [[[SCP-4314]]], Coming Soon

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**Name:** Evelyn King
**Pronouns:** she/her

**Position:** Department Head, Applied Mathematics Lead Researcher
**Clearance:** Level 4
**Location:** Site-Σ

**Summary:** Dr. Evelyn King is an esteemed mathematics researcher whose loyal service to the Foundation for many years has earned her the well-deserved title of Mathematics Department Head. She specializes in applied mathematics, but maintains good relations with the other subdivisions and even rival departments—save for Prof. Hutchinson, who seemingly despises her for embracing nonanomalous mathematics.

Under her previous identity, Everett King, she suffered from a probabilistic anomaly pertaining to [[[long-live-the-king|appleseeds]]]; however, this anomaly was seemingly neutralized by her recent gender transition.

**Relevant Files:** [[[/system:page-tags/tag/doctor-king|See All]]]

"I hope they don't have apples in hell."

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**Name:** Paige Buyantu
**Pronouns:** she/they

**Position:** Historical Mathematics Researcher
**Clearance:** Level 3
**Location:** Site-Σ

**Summary:** Specializes in the history of mathematics and its evolution since ancient times. Examines the impact of this mathematics on the development of anomalous civilizations like the [[[daevite-hub|Daevites]]] and the [[[second-hytoth-hub|Ortothans]]]. Is kept under close watch by the [[[fire-suppression-department-hub|Fire Suppression Department]]] for outspoken dissent against the Foundation's administration.

**Relevant Files:** [[[daevite-mathematics-complex-numbers|]]]

"The Daevites' mathematical advancements—and their application to fields like agriculture and architecture—were major, //nonanomalous// contributors to their development as a civilization that allowed them to economically and militaristically dominate their peers."

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**Name:** Madeleine King
**Pronouns:** she/her

**Position:** Applied Mathematics Junior Researcher
**Clearance:** Level 2
**Location:** [[[on-guard-43-hub|Site-43]]]

**Summary:** The daughter of Dr. Evelyn King, Madeleine King aspires to live up to her mother's name, although succeeding at this task in spite of her inexperience is a different story entirely. Her current assignment appears to involve [[[narrativistics-and-you|narrativistics]]].

**Relevant Files:** [[[SCP-8882]]], [[[CAST]]]

"It's not nepotism—I passed entrance evals like everyone else."

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The Department of Esoteric Mathematics contains and researches any and all anomalies pertaining to mathematics and its functioning.

**Function:** Whenever something goes wrong with the laws that govern numbers and formal logic, Esoteric Math staff are employed to take care of it. Many mathematical anomalies are [[[SCP-5789|infohazardous]]], [[[SCP-1313|physically dangerous]]], or [[[SCP-1889|outright lethal]]], requiring researchers to always be well-equipped to combat any threat thrown their way.

**Relations:** The senior Esoteric Math staff seem to loath the Applied Math subdivision for the "superficial" nonanomalous math they partake in; they also dislike their physics counterpart, the Department of Esoteric Physics, for their lack of mathematical rigor. Due to intersections in academic subject matter and containment purview, they maintain close ties with the Metaphysics and [[[departments#surrealistics-dept|Surrealistics]]] Departments.

**History:** The Esoteric Math subdivision, sometimes referred to as the [[[SCP-7336|Department of Paramathematics]]], was [[[Final Lecture|founded in 2010]]] by Professors Bhaumik, Harris, and Hutchinson, who sought to break free from the Applied Math department and the hogging of its funding for nonanomalous computing projects. Following [[[SCP-9153|Incident 9153-α-0]]] in 2022, efforts to fortify the department against esoteric threats have been redoubled, leading to the completion of the math anomaly-immune Myrmex.aic.

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**Designation:** Myrmex.aic
**Version:** 1.3.2

**Function:** Esoteric Mathematics Guide
**Clearance:** Level 3
**Location:** Site-Σ, Site-21

**Summary:** Completed in late 2022, Myremx.aic is a research AIC built by Prof. Bhaumik using non-numerical [[[SCP-5789|Numsafe RGU-𝕐]]] software. As such, Myrmex.aic is inherently immune to any harmful effects that mathematical anomalies would normally impose on a digital system, making it the perfect tool for creating a safe, sterile environment for their containment and study.

**Relevant Files:** [[[SCP-9153]]], [[[SCP-4314]]], Coming Soon

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**Name:** Kiran Bhaumik
**Pronouns:** they/them

**Position:** Infohazardous Mathematics Lead Researcher, Professor Emeritus
**Clearance:** Level 4
**Location:** Site-Σ, Site-21

**Summary:** Professor Bhaumik specializes in the containment of mathematical infohazards: forms of esoteric math that [[[SCP-6859|interfere with your perception]]], or [[[SCP-4539|scramble your brain]]], or [[[SCP-1466|manifest destructive effects]]] for those who comprehend them. They are known for their unorthodox, albeit-risky solutions to complex problems, and despite unsubstantiated rumors of a supposed disregard for loss of life during research, are commonly sought out when faced with infohazardous math that eludes most traditional forms of containment.

**Relevant Files:** [[[SCP-9153]]]

"Don't look at me like that, I'm //kidding!// If we actually proceeded with a method like that, it would prove //disastrous// for... well, wait a minute, maybe it could actually work?"

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**Name:** Judith "Judy" Harris
**Pronouns:** she/her

**Position:** Noöspheric Mathematics Lead Researcher, Professor Emeritus
**Clearance:** Level 4
**Location:** Site-Σ

**Summary:** Of the three Esoteric Mathematics lead researchers, Professor Harris is known as the "straight shooter": she has zero tolerance for foolish risk-taking or social/political maneuvering, but when faced with genuine talent, will respect and cultivate it to the best of her ability. Her specialty lies in the mathematical modeling of anomalous and extradimensional spaces; most recently, she has taken to studying connections between set theory, topology, and the conceptual plane known as the Noösphere normally studied by the Department of Metaphysics.

**Relevant Files:** [[[SCP-9153]]], [[[SCP-4314]]]

"Mathematics is the future of the Foundation. Adapt, or die trying."

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**Name:** Wilson M. Hutchinson
**Pronouns:** he/him

**Position:** Esoteric Mathematics Lead Researcher, Professor Emeritus
**Clearance:** Level 4
**Location:** Site-Σ

**Summary:** The bitterly eccentric Professor Hutchinson is well-known for his study of [[[SCP-033]]] and other anomalies pertaining to set theory, which forms the foundations of all mathematics in use today. He is rumored to be [[[foundations|over a century old]]] through anomalous means, which explains his "old school", computer-less approach to mathematics. Despite his connections to [[[o5-command-dossier|O5-7]]], Hutchinson abhors most forms of responsibility, having turned down the role of Math Department Head in favor of furthering his research on set theory and [[[departments#surrealistics-dept|Surrealistics]]].

**Relevant Files:** [[[SCP-033]]], [[[SCP-1313]]], [[[Final Lecture]]]

"A physicist? In my office? I ought to pull the breach alarm just for that."

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**Name:** Treyvon Buckhanon
**Pronouns:** he/they

**Position:** Infohazardous Mathematics Senior Researcher
**Clearance:** Level 4
**Location:** Site-21

**Summary:** Originally one of Prof. Bhaumik's top students, Dr. Treyvon Buckhanon helms the containment of especially dangerous mathematical anomalies within Foundation Infohazard Containment Site-21. Having effectively aged twenty extra years over the course of his career, Dr. Buckhanon is entirely numb to most of the Foundation's horrors.

**Relevant Files:** [[[SCP-5789|SCP-𝕐]]]

"If SCP-𝕐 were to breach again, we simply don't know if the world's infrastructure could take it."

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**Name:** Jules Caillet
**Pronouns:** they/them

**Position:** Esoteric Mathematics Researcher
**Clearance:** Level 4
**Location:** Site-Σ

**Summary:** Known for their stubborn approach to problems and willingness to tackle brute-force calculations, often for days at a time. The one finally stubborn enough to solve [[[SCP-8153]]], even if it landed them in the hospital for the nth time. Materially unstable and frequently irritable on account of their severe insomnia and general disregard for their personal health. Nonetheless makes an effort to maintain friendly working relationships, especially within the Surrealistic Department.

**Relevant Files:** [[[SCP-8153]]]

"If you get that answer, make sure to secure it. It tried to run away from me a few times."

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**Name:** Helen Dang
**Pronouns:** she/her

**Position:** Esoteric Mathematics Researcher
**Clearance:** Level 3
**Location:** Site-Σ

**Summary:** Originally a transfer from the Department of Esoteric Physics, Helen Dang works under Prof. Hutchinson as a loyal set theorist that, in spite of her timidness and social isolation, has somehow avoided becoming jaded like many of his other students. In 2018, Helen was assigned to [[[SCP-9153]]], where she sought to find a counterexample to the enigmatic continuum hypothesis. [[span class="invisitext"]]Helen Dang does not exist.[[/span]]

**Relevant Files:** [[[Final Lecture]]], [[[SCP-9153]]]

"I'll socialize when I'm dead."

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**Name:** Jade Huynh
**Pronouns:** she/her

**Position:** Infohazardous Mathematics Researcher
**Clearance:** Level 3
**Location:** Site-Σ

**Summary:** The ever-comedic, ever-focused Jade Huynh learned almost everything she knows from Prof. Bhaumik during her time as their underling. Minutia and procedure is her bread and butter; with enough hard work and social maneuvering, she ambitiously hopes to advance to the title of Senior Researcher before her hair goes gray. In 2018, Jade was assigned to [[[SCP-9153]]], where she sought to construct a definitive proof of the enigmatic continuum hypothesis.

**Relevant Files:** [[[SCP-9153]]]

"You //wound// me, Helen. But since you brought me tea today, I'll let it slide... for now."

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The newest and strangest subdivision, the Department of Tactical Mathematics harnesses mathematical anomalies and their strange properties for the Foundation's benefit.

**Function:** Anomalous mathematics needn't always be a thorn in the Foundation's side: those in Tactical Math Department use it as a great boon for internal efficiency, a way to safely contain otherwise-dangerous anomalies, and a powerful weapon against its enemies.

**Relations:** The Tactical Math subdivision is reclusive and secretive, but they are not without their allies. While they care not for those in Applied Math, research into Esoteric Math regularly yields anomalies that are passed to Tactical Math for their exploitation. Outside of the Math Department, collaboration with those in [[[tactical-theology-hub|Tactical Theology]]] has yielded [DATA LOST]; similarly, now that the [[[awd-hub|Department of Anomalous Weapons Development]]] has been reestablished, Tactical Math is eager to work with them to create mathematical paraweapons.

**History:** Founded in 2020, Tactical Math is rumored to have been formed at the behest of [[[SCP-5650|O5-5]]] in response to escalating tensions and conflict amidst the anomalous community. Their first major breakthrough was the successful weaponization of [[[SCP-033]]] and [[[SCP-1313]]] against agents of the [[[church-of-the-broken-god-hub|Church of Maxwellism]]]; since then, the majority of their work has been on Ares.aic, a work-in-progress paraweapon that employs mathematical anomalies against the Foundation's enemies.

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**Designation:** Ares.aic
**Version:** 0.9.3

**Function:** Tactical Mathematics Paraweapon
**Clearance:** Level 4
**Location:** Area-34

**Summary:** Building off of Myrmex.aic's math anomaly-immune infrastructure, the paraweapon Ares.aic is a new collaborative project with the recently reestablished [[[awd-hub|Department of Anomalous Weapons Development]]]. Once complete, Ares.aic will be able to weaponize mathematical anomalies against the Foundation's foes, easily destroying their digital systems using math-eroding properties and wielding infohazardous math against hostile entities in order to interfere with their mental facilities.

Ares.aic is still in development; the use of [[[SCP-7336|alternative axiomatic systems]]] in order to optimize its core processes is currently being explored.

**Relevant Files:** Coming Soon

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**Name:** Isagani Morales
**Pronouns:** any

**Position:** Tactical Mathematics Lead Researcher, O5-5?
**Clearance:** Level 4, Level 5?
**Location:** Site-Σ, Site-155

**Summary:** Dr. Isagani Morales is an enigmatic individual—even before founding the Department of Tactical Mathematics, most of their colleagues spoke vaguely of their "shady dealings" and "unauthorized personal projects". Dr. Morales speaks clinically and with a cold disregard of any and all ethical obligations.

Dr. Morales appear to have a direct line to [[[o5-command-dossier|O5-5]]] that bypasses most bureaucratic processes, which allows the Tactical Mathematics Department to proceed with its projects at an extraordinary pace; [[[SCP-5650|some sources]]] suggest that the two are in fact one and the same.

**Relevant Files:** [[[SCP-5650]]]

"Under my supervision, the DTM hopes to prove that mathematical laws can be manipulated to serve the Foundation's goals, focusing on their predictability and rigidity."

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**Designation:** Agnostos.aic
**Version:** [DATA LOST]

**Function:** [DATA LOST]
**Clearance:** [DATA LOST]
**Location:** [DATA LOST]

**Summary:** [DATA LOST]

**Relevant Files:** [DATA LOST]

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