Remember when we used to do a regular Follow Friday post, recommending mathematically interesting Twitter accounts? Well, this is like that, only not hugely regular. Enjoy it while it lasts!
Axis is Missile Command for mathematicians
Axis is a retro-styled game a bit like Missile Command crossed with a graphing calcuator. Instead of pointing a turret and trying to estimate a parabolic trajectory ending at one of your enemies, your shot follows the path of any function $y=f(x)$ you can think of.
Witness the awesome power of maths!
This happened on the BBC’s University Challenge this week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOOsLvSfQAY&feature=youtu.be Jeremy Paxman might never recover from having his mind so thoroughly blown.
Carnival of Mathematics 119
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of January, and compiled by Frederick Koh, is now online at White Group Mathematics. 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.
Turing round-up, February 2015
I just want to be done with Alan Turing posts, but stuff keeps happening. Here’s a very brief round-up of some recent Turing news: There’s a petition to Pardon all convicted gay men, not just Alan Turing. Sign it or don’t or write 12,000 words hemming and hawing about it all. Up to you. This is…
What I think about Coordimate
(This post has been updated following an email from Ron Chinitz) Here’s a new product vying to knock the set square off its throne as Least Useful Tool in the Pencil Case. CoordiMate is a rubber stamp which prints a teeny tiny set of axes. It’s supposed to help you with your homework. … for the…
Puzzlebomb – February 2015
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 38 of Puzzlebomb, for February 2015, can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 38 – February 2015 The solutions to Issue 38 can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 38 – February 2015 – Solutions Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.