Since the Möbius band is such a cool object, it follows that anything made from a Möbius band or in the shape of a Möbius band is therefore also supercool. Also: the bigger, the better. So how about a Möbius house? Korean architects Planning Korea have come up with a scale model and computer generated…
Dancing shapes by Carlo Vega
[vimeo url=http://vimeo.com/56524400] Inspired by the great Geometry Daily blog.
AS maths results and batting averages
Phil Harvey gave a talk on this subject at last November’s MathsJam conference. We liked it so much, we asked him if we could put it on the site. Phil’s kindly written his talk up as an essay for us. I am 64¼ years old and I’ve been a maths teacher all my working life.…
Not mentioned on The Aperiodical last year
Here’s a quick round-up of some news stories from the tail end of 2012 that we characteristically failed to write up!
Aperiodical Round Up 8: if a bird heard the word ‘surd’
Right, let’s be havin’ ya! My name’s Christian Perfect, I’ve got some links, and you’ve got some eyes. Aperiodical Round Up 8, arriving later than scheduled at Platform Your Face.
Puzzlebomb – January 2013
Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 13 of Puzzlebomb, for January 2013, can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 13 – January 2013 The solutions to Issue 13 can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 13 – January 2013 – Solutions Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.
Math/Maths 126: Review of the year – 1712
A new episode of the Math/Maths Podcast has been released. A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. In a traditional move for the end of December, we attempt a review of the year. In an untraditional move, we choose the year 1712. Catch up with the latest from Christian Goldbach, Sir…