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    Double Maths First Thing

    Double Maths First Thing: Issue 2D

    By Colin Beveridge. Posted July 16, 2025

    Double Maths First Thing is halfway through Ouch to 5k. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy of doing maths. And this week, I’ve been doing some cool maths, looking at Oskar van Deventer’s Blocks puzzle and models of crowd movement. I’m also half-following the British &…

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    -e^iπ to Watch

    \(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: Henry Segerman

    By Katie Steckles. Posted July 14, 2025

    Photo of a sphere with distorted square holes in so that a light at the top of the sphere projects a square grid stereographically onto the surface below

    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 spoke to Henry Segerman, who uses his YouTube channel to share his mathematical making projects.

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    Interviews

    The Magic Theorem

    By Katie Steckles. Posted July 9, 2025

    Back in 2008, Chaim Goodman-Strauss and Heidi Burgel, together with the late John Conway, wrote a book called The Symmetries of Things, which covered a range of topics around mathematical symmetry and the symmetries of geometric objects. Now the first two authors have a new book, The Magic Theorem, due for publication this week. We spoke…

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    Double Maths First Thing

    Double Maths First Thing: Issue 2C

    By Colin Beveridge. Posted July 9, 2025

    Double Maths First Thing couldn’t possibly comment. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread joy and delight in engaging with maths, for any reason or for none. I’ve made it back from rehearsal and am feeling a lot better (thanks for asking). (By the way, if you…

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    Double Maths First Thing

    Double Maths First Thing: Issue 2B

    By Colin Beveridge. Posted July 2, 2025

    Double Maths First Thing could really do with a hot lemon and honey Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to shift this blooming cold before the weekend, when I’m meant to be in Peterborough to rehearse for the PRE show in August. Have I mentioned that previously? We’re…

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    -e^iπ to Watch

    \(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: Welch Labs

    By Katie Steckles. Posted June 30, 2025

    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 spoke to Stephen Welch, of Welch Labs, which among many other projects runs a YouTube channel of maths and science videos.

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    Irregulars

    When the moon hits your eye with a big piece of \( \pi \)…

    By Colin Beveridge. Posted June 26, 2025

    We do these things, not because they are difficult, but because they are ridiculous– Matt Parker, probably Matt Parker is going to the moon. I mean, not literally. Everyone’s favourite Stand-Up Mathematician is the sort of person who’s more likely to go to hyperspace than to space. However, when Matt was approached to do “something…

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