I hosted the first (proper) Aperiodical recreational maths seminar yesterday. We discussed the paper Picture-hanging puzzles, by Demaine et al. Click through to watch the YouTube recording of the session.
Relatively Prime is done
This is the first Monday in quite a while that I haven’t had a new episode of Relatively Prime to listen to. That’s because all eight episodes have now been released. I meant to put a little post up each week reminding you to listen to the latest episode, but I completely forgot to do…
Dara O Briain: School of Hard Sums to return; maths students sought to take part
A tweet purporting to be ((Yes, I know, but it was retweeted by Thomas Woolley, who should know.)) from the press office of UKTV, the company that owns the channel Dave, has confirmed that the TV show Dara O Briain: School of Hard Sums is to return for a second series (we at least thought…
Matt Parker’s Twitter Puzzle – 12th Nov
Matt Parker, the internet’s own number ninja, has tweeted the following maths nugget: Type any number into a calculator and then divide it by 7, 11 and 13. Why do the first six decimal places always sum to 27? #mathspuzzle — Matt Parker (@standupmaths) November 12, 2012
Not mentioned on The Aperiodical last week
The way the news section of this site works is, the three of us send in links throughout the week to stories we’ve seen. They go into a section of the site’s backend titled “anyone can edit”, which is code for “someone else please write this up.” It tends to fill up until one of…
Considering PhD research in mathematics in 2013? LMS Prospects in Mathematics meeting
The LMS Prospects in Mathematics meeting will take place in Manchester, 18-19 December 2012. This meeting is for people “considering applying for Ph.D. studies in Mathematics for entry in 2013”. Funding is available to provide accommodation for around 50 participants and to help cover their cost of travelling to Manchester. The conference website has further…
Education reform in England: new initiatives and changes announced
It’s shaping up to be a busy month for education reform in England. Here’s some news in brief.