The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of March, and compiled by Ioana, is now online at Life Through a Mathematician’s Eyes. 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…
Puzzlebomb – April 2015
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 40 of Puzzlebomb, for April 2015, can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 40 – April 2015 The solutions to Issue 40 can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 40 – April 2015 – Solutions Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
Not mentioned on the Aperiodical, 3/4/15
Here’s a round-up of some mathematical news from last month.
Eight Easy Pieces (you can touch but don’t look)
Here’s a bar bet you can’t lose. Actually, it’s more of a kitchen bet, being a quiche cutting conundrum. You’ve just bought a lovely fresh haggis quiche at your local Minus 4 shop and are planning to eat it in one sitting, in your kitchen with a friend. You’ve agreed to share it in the…
Power lines follow power laws, says somebody
A headline appears on my screen: “Ancient and Modern People Followed Same Mathematical Rule To Build Cities”, on Slashdot. Ooh, I get to break out my “holy power law, Batman” image again! Yippee! Ctrl+F “power law” – no hits. That’s odd.
Bread & Kisses
Bread & Kisses is a short film by Katherine Fitzgerald about a mathematician who discovers love – I know, I know, you’ve heard this one before – but it also contains a mathematician who moves to the Alps to get more skiing in, so it’s the most realistic film about mathematicians ever. It also features the emotion of love…
Zeeman Archive
To celebrate Christopher Zeeman’s 90th birthday and their own 150th, the London Mathematical Society have opened an online archive of Sir Christopher’s work.