I have a job. This is not the podcasting update, but it does affect it! If you have listened to the latest Math/Maths Podcast you will know that I will be lecturing mathematics from January while trying to finish my PhD thesis, and that we will be putting that podcast on hiatus while I do…
Math/Maths 123: Ups and Downs
A new episode of the Math/Maths Podcast has been released. A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: Sir Patrick Moore, astronomer and broadcaster, dies aged 89; Ups and Downs of Making Elevators Go; Mathematical sciences research: leading the way to UK economic growth; What’s…
Help a dude write an open-source calculus textbook (or use one of the many great ones already available)
A chap called Dixon Crews has posted to reddit’s maths section asking for help with a writing project.
Videos from MathsJam 2012
While we were at the big MathsJam conference a few weekends ago, we took the opportunity to point a camera in people’s faces and ask them to tell us something interesting. Because of the high quality of MathsJam attendees, this went better than it would in most other contexts. Here’s a collection of clips we…
Conjoined Möbius Hat pattern by Woolly Thoughts
Pat Ashforth has written in to say that she’s released a new free knitting pattern for a Klein bottle hat with a – wait for it – twist!
3D-printed mathematical objects roundup
3D printers are ace. People are using them to make all sorts of cool things. If you can describe a shape to a computer, it’s very easy to send that description to a 3D printer, which will happily smoosh some substrates together to make a real model of your shape. Mathematicians are able to describe…
Registration for the Alan Turing Cryptography Competition 2013 is open
Following on from the huge success that was their inaugural competition earlier this year, mathematicians from the University of Manchester have put together another Cryptography Competition in honour of father of modern everything, Alan Turing. This time, the competition is open to teams of school children from all over the UK, and comprises a six-chapter…