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    Double Maths First Thing

    Double Maths First Thing: Issue A

    By Colin Beveridge. Posted November 13, 2024

    Double Maths First Thing is where there area 10 kinds of people: those who understand hexadecimal, and F others. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to share joy and delight in maths, beyond and instead of the test. Around here, we count in hexadecimal. My big news! This…

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    Mathematical Objects

    Mathematical Objects: Parallelepiped with Ayliean MacDonald

    By Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Posted November 8, 2024

    Small battered parallelepiped made of cardboard with "Ayliean 9 3\4" written on it.

    A conversation about mathematics inspired by a very special parallelepiped. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Ayliean. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes

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    Double Maths First Thing

    Double Maths First Thing: Issue 9

    By Colin Beveridge. Posted November 6, 2024

    Double Maths First Thing is like a diet MathsJam, some of the flavour but only a hint of the joy. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread delight in my beloved subject. I spent the weekend at Big MathsJam in Staffordshire and gorged myself full of puzzles,…

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    Carnival of Mathematics

    Carnival of Maths 233

    By Katie Steckles. Posted November 4, 2024

    Screenshot of Carnival of Mathematics 233 on the Math Intersect Programming blog.

    The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of October 2024, is now online at Math Intersect Programming. 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.

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    News Roundup

    Aperiodical News Roundup – October 2024

    By Katie Steckles. Posted November 3, 2024

    Image of Marin Mersenne, made up to look like the partying emoji with a little hat and a blower and confetti around him because he's celebrating

    Here’s a roundup of some of the maths-related news from this month we didn’t otherwise cover here!

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    Double Maths First Thing

    Double Maths First Thing: Issue 8

    By Colin Beveridge. Posted October 30, 2024

    Double Maths First Thing is Colin’s refuge from the kids’ obsession with Odd Squad. Hello, and welcome to Double Maths First Thing! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread joy and delight in my subject. It’s half-term week, so this is necessarily rushed, brief, and poorly formatted —…

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    Mathematical Objects

    Mathematical Objects: An area the size of Wales

    By Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Posted October 25, 2024

    Aerial image of Wales

    A conversation about mathematics inspired by an area the size of Wales. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes

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