Manchester Science Festival takes over the city from 23rd October – 2nd November this year, and it’s got a great selection of mathematical events. If you’re based locally, or thinking of heading over there for any of the time, here’s The Aperiodical’s guide to where to get your factorial fix.
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Puzzlebomb – September 2014
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 33 of Puzzlebomb, for September 2014, can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 33 – September 2014
The solutions to Issue 33 can be found here:
Puzzlebomb – Issue 33 – September 2014 – Solutions
Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
Carnival of Mathematics 114
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of August, and compiled by Murray Bourne, is now online at SquareCircleZ.
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 information.
The Flyspeck project is complete: we know how to stack balls!
A team led by Thomas Hales has announced a formal proof of the Kepler conjecture – one of the oldest problems in geometry – which states that no packing of equally sized spheres in 3-dimensional space is more efficient than the face-centred cubic packing (pictured right), or hexagonal close packing.
Carnival of Mathematics 113
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of July, and compiled by Mike Croucher, is now online at Walking Randomly.
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 information.
We’re Stuck! Help develop mathematical theatre
Just when you thought you’d seen enough mathematical theatre projects, here’s another one. We’re Stuck! is an Arts Council funded piece of interactive theatre aimed at children aged 7-12 and their families. The project will explore the idea that getting stuck is part of doing maths, and not something to be feared. The aim is to promote the idea of persisting with maths, even when it’s difficult – and they’re looking for your help!
2014 Fields Medals awarded – coverage round-up
At this week’s International Congress of Mathematics, in Seoul, Korea, the winners of the 2014 Fields Medal were announced. The medals, which were established in 1936, and are awarded every four years to four different mathematicians, recognise achievement in mathematics research.