It’s Double Maths First Thing, not Double Entendre.
Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread joy and delight in maths and mathematical thinking.
Something that’s been brewing for a while: I’ve come to the decision that DMFT will no longer report on AI-related topics. I’m not judging anyone for being interested in them, or even finding joy in them; I’ve just reached a point where I find the whole thing tiresome, and more than adequately covered elsewhere.
As you were.
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Maps! I like maps. The UN has just adopted a “new” world map, using the Equal Earth projection. This has inspired me to finally pick up Paulina Rowińska’s Mapmatics, which has been on my to-read list for years. Meanwhile, here’s a blog about spurious accuracy in latitude and longitudes.
Art! I like art. Fractal Kitty is encouraging people to paint the OEIS.
Estimation! I like estimation. Here’s @quixoticgeek thinking through a statistic that can’t possibly be correct.
Accessibility! I like accessibility. Naomi Wray has an article about how to be d/Deaf-inclusive in communicating maths. (In case, like me, you weren’t sure about the difference between deaf and Deaf, here’s an explainer.) If – for any reason – you’d find captions would improve your theatre-going experience, you should check out Stagetext.
Games! I like games, sometimes. Apparently rock-paper-scissors is (conceptually) older than paper. Speaking of rocks, the World Stone Skimming Championship took place in Scotland recently, and one day I’ll read up on the physics of it or possibly the other physics of it. In things more suited to those of us who can barely manage two, Alex Bolton has put together a CYOA game about shuffling.
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Karen Campe’s Carnival 254 is live! Submit your links for the next edition, in the capable hands of Ben Leis, here.
Dr Katherine Holmes is running a maths-themed STEM improv jam tomorrow, Thursday September 10th (a week tomorrow).
7:30pm UK time, pay what you like. You can sign up to the newsletter here.
There’s a TurtleStitch Discovery Day at Warwick University on Tuesday 22nd September from 10am to 3pm UK time, giving you a chance to play with the amazing digital embroidery machines in a relaxed environment. Register here; you can drop in at a time to suit you.
Rob Eastaway is giving a “more Shakespeare-oriented” version of his Much Ado About Numbers talk at the Covent Garden Actors’ Club on Thursday November 19th at 7pm. Book tickets here.
Turns out, that’s during Maths Week England (November 15th to 21st); last year, they had daily video puzzles and will be doing the same again; reach out to elinortf [at] hotmail [dot] com if you’d like to submit one for this year.
That’s all I’ve got for this week. If you have friends and/or colleagues who would enjoy Double Maths First Thing, do send them the link to sign up – they’ll be very welcome here.
If you’ve missed the previous issues of DMFT or – somehow – this one, you can find the archive courtesy of my dear friends at the Aperiodical.
Meanwhile, if there’s something I should know about, you can find me on Mathstodon as @icecolbeveridge, or at my personal website. You can also just reply to this email if there’s something you want to tell me.
Until next time,
C