The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of August, and compiled by Yen Duong, is now online at Baking and Math. 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 University of Leicester is going to sack its whole maths department (and rehire some of them)
The University of Leicester says it’s facing a big budget deficit, so it’s got to make some cuts. In the current British climate, that’s nothing unusual. However, the university has decided to cut a lot more from the maths department than elsewhere. The way they’re going to do this is to sack almost everyone, then…
Puzzlebomb – September 2016
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 57 of Puzzlebomb, for September 2016, can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 57 – September 2016 (printer-friendly version) The solutions to Issue 57 can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 57 – Solutions – September 2016 (printer-friendly version) Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
Photomath can read my writing
I remember when OCR of mathematics was such a difficult problem that there was no good solution. I remember hints some years ago that the then-current version of InftyReader could do a reasonable job of taking a PDF document and converting it into LaTeX code, but it was far from perfect. Today my phone told…
Do you use mixed fractions?
I’m at the MATRIX conference in Leeds, where I’ve just been talking to Adam Atkinson. He told me that he’s trying to compile a definitive list of countries that don’t use mixed fractions. This is going to be one of those wipe-your-bum-standing-up situations: it’s entirely possible that you can be on either side of this divide…
Maths at the British Science Festival 2016
Next week, the British Science Festival will take place in Swansea, in and around the University. Here’s our round-up of all the mathsiest of the maths events taking place during the week. Our own Katie Steckles will be there introducing most of these events, so you might spot her at the front telling you what…
Carnival of Mathematics 137
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of July, and compiled by Evelyn and Anna, is now online at the AMS Blog on Maths Blogs. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics…