\(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: Tibees
In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We...
View ArticleFinite Group: first free live stream
As we wrote about recently, we (Katie and Peter, along with our friends Sophie Maclean and Matthew Scroggs) are involved in an exciting new initiative – an online maths community that gets together...
View Article\(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: Kat Does Maths
In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We...
View ArticleCarnival of Mathematics 221
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of October 2023, is now online at Beauty of Mathematics. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the...
View ArticleAperiodical News Roundup – October 2023
Here’s a round-up of a few things that happened this month that we didn’t otherwise cover here. The Salem Prize for 2023, given annually to young mathematicians judged to have done outstanding work on...
View Article\(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: Keenan Crane
In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We...
View Article21X competition – results
A while ago we announced a competition to win a copy of algebraic blackjack game 21X, which was recently successful on Kickstarter, smashing its funding target by an order of magnitude. If you’d like...
View ArticleMathematical Drawing Hacks
At this year’s MathsJam UK Gathering, I had the pleasure of running one of the Saturday Night Tables – a chance to invite attendees at the Gathering to drop by and play with something. Together with...
View ArticlePrimes, reversals and concatenations
In the last Finite Group livestream, Katie told us about emirps. If a number p is prime, and reversing its digits is also prime, the reversal is an emirp (‘prime’ backwards, geddit?). For example, 13,...
View Article\(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: Sum and Product
In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We...
View ArticleCarnival of Mathematics 222
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of November 2023, is now online at John D Cook’s blog. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the...
View ArticleAperiodical News Roundup – November 2023
Here’s a selection of mathematical news from the month of November that we didn’t otherwise mention on the site. Proof News Image: from Gil Kalai’s blog The dream team of Tim Gowers, Ben Green,...
View ArticleMathematical Gift Guide 2023
Since it’s the time of year when you might be looking for mathematical gifts to buy for your friends, colleagues and loves ones, I thought I’d share some recommendations and suggestions for places to...
View ArticleThe Double Back puzzle is a nice mix of Towers of Hanoi and Solitaire
This post is both a video and text. The content is largely the same in both versions, so you can pick one to look at. I’d like to show you a puzzle, or game for one person, that Ed Kirkby came up...
View Article\(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: SparksMaths
In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We...
View ArticlePodcasting about: The Function Room
In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical podcasts from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the podcast and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Colm O’Regan,...
View Article\(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: Howie Hua
In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We...
View ArticleParticularly mathematical New Years Honours 2024
The UK Government have announced the latest list of honours, and we’ve taken a look for the particularly mathematical entries. Here is the selection for this year – if you spot any more, let us know...
View ArticleCarnival of Mathematics 223
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of December 2023, is now online at the Data Science and Math Blog. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all...
View ArticleAperiodical News Roundup – December 2023
Here’s a round-up of a few newsy things we didn’t cover on the site in the month of December. Image: MIT Technology Review Google DeepMind’s FunSearch has found a correct and previously unknown...
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