In July, guest author Tim Lexen wrote about his discovery of the tricurve, a shape made of arcs that has some interesting properties. He’s written a follow-up in which he explores them further. For a discussion of tiling with curve-sided shapes in general, see Tim’s MathBlog post. Tricurves can be combined when the large, convex arc of one…
Guest author Kevin Houston has written a round-up of maths-related events at next week’s British Science Festival. The British Science Festival is taking place in Hull and the Humber 11-14th September. There are lots of talks so I’ve put together a handy guide to talks with a mathematics-related theme.
MATHS FANS! A rare treat for you. Tomorrow night, BBC4 will show The Joy of Winning – an hour long proper proper maths doc packed to the brim with glorious game theory. I think it might just be my favourite thing I've ever done for telly. pic.twitter.com/Xx09Wowwzz
— Hannah Fry (@FryRsquared) August 27, 2018
Hannah Fry presents a new one-off BBC4 documentary about game theory (reading the description, it sounds more classic than combinatorial), which the BBC4 website describes as a “gleefully nerdy adventure”. Should be fun!
This is tomorrow, 28th August 2018 at 9pm on BBC4 and on iPlayer after.
Update: iPlayer link to The Joy Of Winning.
Saint Petersburg will host the next International Congress of Mathematicians, in 2022.
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of July, and compiled by Robin, is now online at Theorem of the Day. 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.
TV maths legend and UCL-based mathematician Hannah Fry has been awarded this year’s IMA/LMS Christopher Zeeman Medal, which aims to recognise and acknowledge the contributions of mathematicians involved in promoting mathematics to the public and engaging with the public in mathematics in the UK. Named after the late Professor Sir Christopher Zeeman FRS, whose Royal Institution…
You may know from our recent foray into breaking news that the Fields Medal awarded to Caucher Birkar was stolen, minutes after it was awarded. It turns out the International Mathematical Committee (IMU) had a spare medal in Rio for display purposes, and they decided to award it to Birkar as a replacement. Birkar is…