There’ll be quite a few mathsy acts at the Edinburgh Fringe this year. Katie Steckles has got the details.
Maths at the Fringe
Enormous Sierpiński tetrahedron made of balloons
A group called Pyraloons set themselves the challenge of building the world’s biggest Sierpiński tetrahedron from balloons. And they succeeded! I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves:
26th July 2004–23rd July 2013
Yesterday, with my tongue certainly in cheek, I tweeted to the BBC Breaking News Twitter account that I had handed in my thesis, with a promise of a press release to follow. Taking the lead from my over-inflated sense of self importance, Christian Perfect posted this news to The Aperiodical News feed as ‘Breaking: Peter…
Breaking: Peter Rowlett has submitted his doctoral thesis
Peter Rowlett, editor-at-large of this site, has submitted his PhD thesis. More news as it arrives.
Integer sequence reviews on Numberphile (or vice versa)
There’s no new integer sequence review this week, because David and I are taking a break before the Grand Finale Ultimate Showdown of Dreams next week. To tide you over, top chap Brady Haran has recorded a Numberphile video with Tony Padilla explaining each of the six sequences in the final in his Enthusiastic Maths…
Integer Sequence Review Mêlée Hyper-Battle DX 2000 (Bracket 4)
Last week, A001462 – Golomb’s sequence – booked its place in the final. In retaliation for last week’s palaver, this week Christian has picked all the sequences. Unfortunately, the British Summer is happening today so we’re failing a bit, intellectually. With that in mind, it’s time for round 4 of… Here are the rules: we’re judging…
How to Win at Pointless
Paul Taylor has a humble proposition for improving the scoring system for the TV quiz Pointless.