These drawings were made using a series of finely balanced pendulums that follow the curvature of the hemisphere and thus able to make intricate harmonic curves on the surface. By interacting with these self-built contraptions, the artist is able to build up a constellation of patterns on the hemispherical surface. The resulting objects are reminiscent…
Kit Yates tweets to tell us that the second series of Dara O Briain: School of Hard Sums will be shown Wednesdays at 8pm from 1st May on Dave. Kit also makes this bold claim: “I set the problems so let me know if you have feedback”. Pedants, go! That’s @Kit_Yates_Maths on Twitter. The following promo…
Happy 25/4! On this day in history: in 1840 Siméon Poisson died :( in 1849 Felix Klein was born :) in 1903 Andre Kolmogorov was born :) in 2012 The Aperiodical launched! :D So we’re a year old. Thanks for reading! Have a slice of cake: To celebrate, CP has been hard at work redesigning…
MathsJam this month fell on the day before my birthday, which meant not only was our ‘Jam well supplied with birthday cake, but there was a jubilant mood only aided by the presence of some puzzles I’d written for my birthday party. Everyone had a good crack at the maths-related one, and found it entertaining…
As part of Puzzlebomb’s commitment to bringing you all puzzles, all the time, we present a special one-off edition, containing a mildly topical cryptic crossword compiled by one of our regular puzzle setters. Enjoy! Solutions will be posted in roughly a month from now. Puzzlebomb – Specials 1
[vimeo url=https://vimeo.com/39648092] Rhombus System by The Fundamental Group. via NotCot.org
Today is Euler’s $-306 \times e^{i \pi}$th birthday, and Google have chosen to celebrate (despite ignoring several other prominent mathematical birthdays, including Erdős’s centenary – see the @MathsHistory twitter feed for a full list) by creating a Google doodle on their homepage. For anyone who isn’t aware, this is when Google changes the image above…