The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of August, and compiled by Michelle, is now online at My Summation. 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.
Euclid’s Kiss: Geometric Sculpture of George Hart
George Hart is putting on a one-man show of his sculptures at Stony Brook University. He’s posted this video of him walking through the exhibition and describing the pieces on display. [youtube url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI1612YhMqg] George also gave a lecture to open the exhibition, which you can watch on the SCGP website. Euclid’s Kiss: Geometric Sculpture of…
GeoGebra now available for tablets
You may be aware of GeoGebra. In a previous post, our very own CP described it as “a surprisingly capable piece of free dynamic maths software, used widely by teachers and geometry aficionados”. I am preparing lecture notes for the new academic year and have been making diagrams in GeoGebra (on Ubuntu, since you asked),…
The Kadison-Singer Conjecture explained
You may have noticed our recent announcement of the proof of the Kadison-Singer conjecture, in which we weren’t able to go into that much detail about what the conjecture actually entails. Well, having been contacted by one of the authors of that paper, Adam Marcus, who emailed to congratulate us on the complete absence of any…
Toast formula
ACHTUNG: This post contains no information which could progress humanity’s understanding of the universe it inhabits. It contains links to several terrible newspapers. I have not fixed any of the issues in the source material, typographical, mathematical, grammatical, or otherwise. We are about to plumb the depths of innumeracy and inanity; consider yourself warned. The Manchester Evening…
We’ll be back after these messages
Some news from the world of capitalism: various maths people have things you can spend money on. Our roving reporters investigate. Maths on Screen DVDs Maths Inspiration, a maths theatre show which has been touring the country for a few years providing large-scale theatre shows for GCSE and A-Level students, has now released a…
Ten years of part-time working
In summer 2003, I put my MSc in computing into part-time mode to take up a part-time job in e-learning in maths at the University of Nottingham. Since then, I have done various combinations of paid work and education, until I handed in my PhD this summer. Viva notwithstanding, ((Though, in fact it’s quite something…