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    Carnival of Mathematics 214

    By Katie Steckles. Posted April 4, 2023

    Screenshot of Carnival 214 on Robin's blog

    The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of March 2023, is now online at Theorem of the Day. 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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    Booking open for TMiP 2023

    By Katie Steckles. Posted March 23, 2023

    Talking Maths in Public logo

    Maths communicators: assemble! It’s that time again, when everyone’s favourite biannual maths communication conference happens (every two years, in case you weren’t sure). Talking Maths in Public is a conference for people who work in, or otherwise participate in, communicating mathematics to the public.

    News

    An aperiodic monotile exists!

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect, Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Posted March 22, 2023

    Screenshot of the tiling, using blue, white and grey tiles

    Actual aperiodicity news on The Aperiodical! This is probably the biggest aperiodicity news we’ll ever cover here: David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss have produced a single shape which tiles the plane, and can’t be arranged to have translational symmetry. And it’s so simple!

    Carnival of Mathematics

    Carnival of Mathematics 213

    By Katie Steckles. Posted March 6, 2023

    The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of February 2023 is now online at SamHartburn.co.uk. 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.

    News Roundup

    Aperiodical News Roundup – February 2023

    By Katie Steckles. Posted March 4, 2023

    Here’s a round-up of the news stories not covered on the site over the past month. Prizes and Appointments Baroness Ingrid Daubechies is the first woman to be awarded the Wolf Prize in Mathematics. Awarded annually to outstanding scientists and artists from around the world since 1978, the award consists of a certificate and a…

    News Roundup

    Aperiodical News Roundup – January 2023

    By Katie Steckles and Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted February 3, 2023

    Here’s a round-up of news stories from January 2023. Maths forever news The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that all students will study maths to age 18. The response has been varied, with commentators from both within mathematics and from non-mathematical backgrounds weighing in (with varying degrees of nuance). However, this isn’t planned…

    cp's mathem-o-blog, Videos

    What Can Mathematicians Do? Recordings of ten talks by disabled mathematicians

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted February 3, 2023

    In December I organised a series of online public maths talks called What Can Mathematicians Do? The recordings of the talks are now online, free for anyone to watch. You could go to the official page I put up on Newcastle University’s website, or you could just watch them here!

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