The MathsJam annual conference is a magical time when maths geeks converge on a conference centre in the middle of nowhere near Stone and spend a weekend sharing their favourite puzzles, games, and mind-blowing maths facts. Registration for the 2015 weekend, taking place on 6-7 November, has now been opened. More information about the conference, and…
Somdip Datta wrote in to tell us about his illustration of the classic maths textbook, Lilavati, by the Indian mathematician Bhāskara II. Lilavati contains definitions, algorithms and problems dealing with arithmetic, geometry, combinations, and quadratic equations, all written in meter.
This week, it was announced that from October the UK’s National Lottery, currently operated by Camelot and already providing a veritable Merlin’s cave of probability lessons for maths teachers, will be changing the rules for its main ‘Lotto’ draw. The main changes are that a new £1m prize will be added to the raffle element…
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of May, and compiled by David at Mathematical Mystery Tour, is now online: Carnival 123 Part 1 and Carnival 123 Part 2. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See our…
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 42 of Puzzlebomb, for June 2015, can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 42 – June 2015 The solutions to Issue 42 can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 42 – June 2015 – Solutions Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
I know I usually write up the goings-on at Manchester MathsJam, but since I spent much of the last month ‘In Residence’ at the University of Greenwich, I spent the second-to-last Tuesday evening of May at the London MathsJam. Here’s a summary of what transpired.
The Clay Mathematics Institute is best known for handing out a cool million in return for answering a hard question, much like Chris Tarrant. Anyway, that’s not all they do! The Institute says it is “dedicated to increasing and disseminating mathematical knowledge”, and that now includes handing out an award for Dissemination of Mathematical Knowledge. The…