Here’s a quick video I recorded at the end of my work day, inspired by this tweet.
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Carnival of Maths 191
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of February, is now online at Fractal Kitty.
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.
Carnival of Maths 190
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of January, is now online at Sophie The Mathmo‘s blog.
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.
Equatum puzzles – a chat with Justin Roughley
Equatum is a new puzzle format invented by mathematician Justin Roughley, and is now available in the form of a book. We chatted to Justin about his life and his puzzles.
Carnival of Maths 189
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of December, is now online at Ganit Charcha.
The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, occasionally including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics page for more information.
James Grime answers your Shakuntala Devi questions
This is a follow-up to James’s FAQ for the 2014 film The Imitation Game.
Shakuntala Devi is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language film about Shakuntala Devi, a performer of impressive mental calculations, available now on Amazon Prime.
Mobile Numbers: Hitomezashi Stitching
In this series of posts, Katie investigates simple mathematical concepts using the Google Sheets spreadsheet app on her phone. If you have a simple maths trick, pattern or concept you’d like to see illustrated in this series, please get in touch.
It’s been a while since we’ve had an entry in this column, but the other day I was sent a link to a very interesting spreadsheet (which I, of course, opened using the Google Sheets app on my phone). The initial view was a pleasing pattern of squares, in two colours:
