Double Maths First Thing is square in hex AND decimal! Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to share the joy and love in mathematics, to show that it’s more than the mindless memorisation of arbitrary rules. Guess who nearly got sucked into a 6 ÷ 2 × 3…
Carnival of Maths 253
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the months of June and July 2026, is now online courtesy of Robin Whitty at Theorem of the Day. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics page for more…
Aperiodical News Roundup – July 2026
Here’s a short round-up of maths news from this month. The 2026 Fields medals have been awarded to Yu Deng, John Pardon, Jacob Tsimerman and Hong Wang. The Fields Medal is awarded to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement, and this year’s winners work across PDEs, symplectic…
Double Maths First Thing: Issue 63
Double Maths First Thing is somewhat ready to rock Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and love in mathematics, the pleasure of puzzling things out and getting people to notice the sense of satisfaction that comes from everything clicking into place at once. I’ve…
\(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: MathsWithKala
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 Kala, who has an Instagram channel called MathsWithKala.
Double Maths First Thing: Issue 62
Double Maths First Thing doesn’t fear the REAPER Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread mathematical joy and surprise. This week is full of leavers’ assemblies and general end-of-term commitments, so you’ll forgive me for keeping it brief. Links Let’s start at EMF, which (for various good…
Double Maths First Thing: Issue 61
Double Maths First Thing has an open mic spreadsheet Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread mathematical joy and delight in figuring stuff out. I did some lovely science last week, full on hypothesis-experiment-eureka! and an immediate improvement in my client’s model. It was either that or…