Double Maths First Thing dislikes fireworks Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and delight in mathematical thinking and practice. This week I am mainly rehearsing my Big MathsJam talk and seeing what I can trim out to get it down to five minutes. In…
Aperiodical News Roundup – October 2026
Here’s a round-up of mathematical news from this month we didn’t otherwise cover on the site. Owing to a spam email we got which included the sentence “Given your recent roundup on AI and mathematical proof, I thought this might be of interest”, followed by some AI generated maths we don’t care about, we probably…
#mathober 2026: My Month of Maths Zines
The month of Mathober, which takes place during the actual month of October, is an annual celebration of mathematical ideas, art, creativity and general mathsy fun.
Double Maths First Thing: Issue 70
Double Maths First Thing picked the wrong week to give up Lemsip Hello! My name is Colin and I am mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and delight of doing, thinking about, playing with and suffering from mathematics. I am not on a mission to suffer from a cold the week I’m meant…
Double Maths First Thing: Issue 6F
Double Maths First Thing is all a bit chaotic Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to find and share the joy in maths, puzzles and working things out. I’m likely to have some availability for new students in the next few months, so if you know of anyone…
Double Maths First Thing: Issue 6E
Double Maths First Thing had to look up where Wells is Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and delight in the beauty of maths, and the human effort of figuring things out. This week I’ve been taking joy in simplifying and clarifying code that…
Double Maths First Thing: Issue 6D
Double Maths First Thing is tangled up in knots Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and delight in doing and discussing maths. This week I have been in error-recovery mode after drawing a wrong conclusion on a consulting project. Compared to Chris Lewicki’s classic,…