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    Carnival of Mathematics

    Carnival of Maths 234

    By Katie Steckles. Posted December 7, 2024

    The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of November 2024, 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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    Mathematical Objects

    Mathematical Objects: An object with Tai-Danae Bradley

    By Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Posted December 6, 2024

    Diagram with four dots connected by six arrows.

    A conversation about mathematics inspired by … an object. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Tai-Danae Bradley. Katie mentions Peter’s The unplanned impact of mathematics, free to read at Nature. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes

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    Double Maths First Thing

    Double Maths First Thing: Issue D

    By Colin Beveridge. Posted December 4, 2024

    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…

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    Irregulars

    Continued fractions

    By David Benjamin. Posted November 29, 2024

    This is a guest post by David Benjamin.

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    Double Maths First Thing

    Double Maths First Thing: Issue C

    By Colin Beveridge. Posted November 27, 2024

    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…

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    Mathematical Objects

    Mathematical Objects: Borges’ Library of Babel

    By Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Posted November 22, 2024

    Books

    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

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    Double Maths First Thing

    Double Maths First Thing: Issue B

    By Colin Beveridge. Posted November 20, 2024

    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…

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