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    MathsJam Recaps

    Manchester MathsJam recap, August 2013

    By Katie Steckles. Posted August 21, 2013

    This month we had a few new faces, and plenty of regulars. We also had someone’s first MathsJam, and someone’s last (in the UK): Manchester regular Nicolette brought along her 6-week old baby Julia, who experienced her first recreational maths night in a pub, and by this time next month Nicolette will be back in…

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    Julia Robinson and Hilbert’s Tenth Problem, by George Csicsery

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted August 20, 2013

    Over on Google+, David Roberts just posted this trailer (via Антид Ото) to a lovely documentary about Julia Robinson and her contributions towards answering Hilbert’s tenth problem. [youtube url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4x9XKNAYjU] David Hilbert’s tenth problem was to find an algorithm to solve diophantine equations, that is, to find roots of polynomials with integer coefficients. We now know that…

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    Travels in a Mathematical World

    Explaining things

    By Peter Rowlett. Posted August 13, 2013

    I have discovered, or perhaps learned how to articulate, something fundamental: I like explaining things. Allow me to explain.

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    Carnival of Mathematics

    Carnival of Mathematics #101: Prime Numbered Special Edition

    By Katie Steckles. Posted August 12, 2013

    Welcome to the 101st edition of the Carnival of Mathematics. The Aperiodical took over running the Carnival when it launched in April 2012, at Carnival 85. Although it’s conventional to celebrate round number anniversaries (and even though I’m left-handed), we decided for a combination of reasons not to make a big deal out of Carnival…

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    MathsJam Recaps

    Manchester MathsJam recap, July 2013

    By Katie Steckles. Posted August 7, 2013

    This month we had a lovely MathsJam, with plenty of old and new faces and a disturbing quantity of activity related to black and white counters. I’d brought a big pile of them and some stuff to do with them, and we got cracking.

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    Aperiodical Round Up

    Aperiodical Round Up 9: Frank Nelson Cole is the best at math

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted August 2, 2013

    Hello. My name’s Christian Perfect and I have some maths links for you. Brad Neely, a member in good standing of my list of male role-models, once made a show called China, IL. Here’s a clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r086uma9HBM Mathematicians like to tell non-mathematicians (and themselves) that real maths isn’t like that; real maths is about seeing the structure behind…

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    Puzzlebomb

    Puzzlebomb – August 2013

    By Katie Steckles. Posted August 1, 2013

    Puzzlebomb is a monthly puzzle compendium. Issue 20 of Puzzlebomb, for August 2013, can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 20 – August 2013 The solutions to Issue 20 can be found here: Puzzlebomb – Issue 20 – August 2013 – Solutions Previous issues of Puzzlebomb, and their solutions, can be found here.

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