The turnout this month was slightly lower than usual, but many of our regulars were there and we had the chance to have some good discussions and really get into things.
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- In @christianp’s office ahead of Newcastle #MathsJam – @peterrowlett
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- Manchester: A puzzle from Lewis Caroll: draw this shape without retracing or lifting your pen. Now, write a program that draws it in LOGO!
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- Manchester: Paul explains a cake slicing puzzle.
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- Manchester: Andrew has invented a game to keep all the MathsJams occupied for the foreseeable future.
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- Newcastle: David’s almost Collatz game.
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- Newcastle: @peterrowlett playing @christianp at Mad Abel card game.
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- Newcastle: playing pool on a torus. Next up: Klein bottle.
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- Newcastle: @peterrowlett has Newcastle MathsJam working out @Samuel_Hansen’s zero magic graphs
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- Manchester: Stellated icosahedron and depleted beverage vessels.
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- Newcastle: biggger noughts and crosses
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- Newcastle: Matthew trying to solve David’s almost-Collatz game
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- Manchester: Andrew’s final cartoon.
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- London: tic tac toe puzzles
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- Newcastle: mathsjammers deep in concentration
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- Newcastle: trying to arrange these blocks so that they form a correct sum.
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- Newcastle: Octiamonds
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- Manchester: inspired by today’s puzzles, @Andrew_Taylor has drawn this
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- Manchester: dodecahedron
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- Manchester: approximations of pi
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- Manchester: The playing cards and vinegar puzzle
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- Manchester: yet another game of Quarto
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- Manchester: Lomino-based excitement
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- Manchester: Serious game of Continuo
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- Manchester: several types of non-transitive dice
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- Manchester: mirrored cube assembly puzzle
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- Manchester: general maths detritus
Newcastle MathsJam April 2012 Recap
April’s MathsJam was very enjoyable. We did a bit of arts and crafts, a bit of playing games, and if it had been NBA Jam instead of Maths Jam I would have been entirely on fire because I used up all my IQ points solving some very fun puzzles. Durham were still on their Easter holidays so the attendance was a modest six people. That was just enough for everyone to be doing the same thing at the same time, so we had a good time.
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Newcastle MathsJam March 2012 Recap
It’s been two months since I last wrote one of these! March was a haze of overwork and stress for me, so I didn’t write a recap for March’s MathsJam while it was still March. Peter Rowlett, who was visiting Newcastle as part of his mission to avoid having to think up new puzzles for MathsJams by always attending different ones (and also to give a talk at the university) has kindly sent me his notes, so here’s what I’ve reconstructed:
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MathsJam March 2012 Photos
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Manchester MathsJam March 2012 Recap
This month’s MathsJam was well attended – we matched last month’s turnout of 11, albeit one of that number was in the form of Ed Bradshaw, the organiser of the Washington DC MathsJam. For Ed, it was 4pm and he was in his office, using Google Plus for a live video connection to a MathsJam halfway around the world. The video connection worked fine, although in a noisy pub we struggled to hear what Ed was saying on my laptop’s tiny speakers, so for some of the evening we used headphones and took it in turns to be in conversation with Ed.
MathsJam February 2012 Photos
MathsJam Manchester, February 2012
This is a roundup of things which happened at Manchester MathsJam, February 2012.
First, we discuss a puzzle I found on Futility Closet, a blog of curiosities by Greg Ross which is sometimes mathematical. The Martian Census Bureau compiled the marital history of every male and female Martian, living and dead: Never married: 6,823,041; Married once: 7,354,016; Married twice: 1,600,897; Married three times: 171,013; Married four times: 2,682. What’s wrong with these figures?