Double Maths First thing is much less effort than an advent calendar. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician, on a mission to spread joy and delight, like a sort of Father Christmaths. I’m sure December is a conspiracy in which Big Diary manipulates time so there are far too many places…
Continued fractions
This is a guest post by David Benjamin.
Double Maths First Thing: Issue C
Double Maths First Thing is guaranteed Christmas-free. Humbug! Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to find and spread mathematical joy. This week’s interesting bit of analysis (and please don’t tell Dave Gale I did some statistics), gives a plausible answer to a question on Hacker News: if a statistic…
Mathematical Objects: Borges’ Library of Babel
A conversation about infinity inspired by The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes
Double Maths First Thing: Issue B
Double Maths First Thing is what the internet used to be like before billionaires bought it. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to share joy and delight in maths. I’m writing this in a rush, so it’s just a list of links this week. Soz like. I’m rushed…
Social media and mathematical chat
A brief update about the state of social media. A couple of years ago, I wrote about the decline of Twitter and how I was going to consciously shift my activity to Mathstodon. Just over a year ago, we launched The Finite Group, a members’ club for mathsy people, partly inspired by the collapse of…
Any way you cut it
I’d like to cut a rectangle into a 3×4 grid of squares. To minimise the number of cuts, should I cut three long strips first, or four short strips? Does it matter?