There’s been some progress on the bounded gaps between primes front since we last checked in. The Polymath8 project has got the gap down to $4,680$. But that’s small beans: James Maynard, a postgrad student at Oxford, announced at a meeting in Oberwolfach that he has got the gap down to $700$. Emmanuel Kowalski has…
iSquared Magazine available for free download
I am delighted to report that the IMA and the National STEM Centre have made all twelve issues of iSquared Magazine available as PDFs for free download for the first time. The magazine was produced as a print-only publication by Sarah Shepherd from 2007-10.
GeoGebra Conference Budapest 2014
Just thought I’d bring the upcoming GeoGebra Conference 2014 in Budapest to your attention. The main purpose of the conference is to provide a meeting platform for [International GeoGebra Institute (IGI)] members, and GeoGebra users, including teachers of all levels, educators, researchers, and developers from all over the World. The conference will allow ample time…
BEAUTY OF MATHEMATICS by Parachutes
[vimeo url=https://vimeo.com/77330591] This is enormously satisfying. via newcastleDM on Twitter
Emergency Maths Arcade (Or, suggestions of pen and paper mathematical games)
Last week we had a crisis at work — we misplaced the key to the Maths Arcade cupboard, in which we store the games (don’t ask!). So I was on the look out for something to do without opening the cupboard — i.e. on pen and paper — and I turned to Twitter for help.…
The Magic Cube – a 3D logic puzzle
A chap called Jonathan Kinlay has innovented a Rubik’s cube variant which only has one colour, but six different integer sequences on its sides. As a colourblind integer sequence enthusiast, this basically has to be my ideal Christmas present, right? Well, it’s currently looking for funding on Kickstarter in advance of actually existing, and the first…
Nirvana by Numbers
Alex Bellos has made another documentary for BBC Radio 4, this time about the number zero. It’s a pleasant bit of numerical tourism, as Alex travels to India to find the source of the number zero in a small shrine, with a diversion to talk about Vedic maths along the way. You can listen to…