These open access round-ups I’ve been doing are a good idea, eh?
The Guardian agrees: they’ve posted their own open access round up. It’s less of a “what’s new” and more of a “the story so far”, though.
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David’s de Bruijn sequence card trick
A few days ago, my friend David asked me if I could help him with a card trick. I said I could, hence this post. I managed to pin David down in front of my camera long enough for him to demonstrate the trick; a full explanation follows this video:
A glider on an aperiodic cellular automaton exists!
Good news, everyone! I literally jumped out of my seat and punched the air when I saw this story. It’s as if this site was set up specifically to report on this exact piece of news.
MAA MathFest Day 2
Colm Mulcahy talking about Martin Gardner. Photo by Rodger Hergert.
MathFest continues apace! Here are Colm’s pictures from day 2.
MAA MathFest Day 1
The Mathematical Association of America is throwing a big mathematical party at the moment in Madison, Wisconsin. It’s called MathFest 2012 and promises to be “informative, inspiring, and productive.”
Our intrepid schoolboy reporter Colm Mulcahy is in attendance, and will be sending in pictures and thoughts throughout the three days of the event.
International Maths Olympiad results
We’re a bit late on this one but it’s still of interest: the 53rd International Mathematical Olympiad took place in Mar Del Plata, Argentina a couple of weeks ago. The event was hosted by the University of Buenos Aires together with the Argentine National Ministries of Education and of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation.
No fuss was made on the IMO’s official site after the event apart from the addition of a column to the results table. The top three countries were South Korea, China and the USA, with the UK coming 23rd, still ahead of Germany and France, in 31st and 39th places, respectively.
A New Math Guide to the Olympics by Craig Damrauer
Reflect on the summer’s sport with some fun nonsense equations by writer Craig Damrauer. You need to click on the box to set each clip going.