We previously reported a Cambridge screening of the Travelling Salesman Movie, the “intellectual thriller about four of the world’s smartest mathematicians hired by the U.S. government to solve the most elusive problem in computer science history — P vs. NP”. Now the movie is being screened in London, by the City University London Student Union…
Erdős Centennial conference
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, the Eötvös Loránd University and the János Bolyai Mathematical Society have announced a conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Paul Erdős from 1st-5th July 2013 in Budapest, Hungary.
The Number Project, by Brandon Wilson
Brandon Wilson is drawing a logo for a number each day this year. He started at 0 on the first of January, and he’ll finish with 365 on the first of January 2014 (or with 364 on the 31st of December. Not sure.) Sadly that means 367 – the largest number whose square’s digits form…
A new place to hang my hat
I have moved my blog Travels in a Mathematical World to The Aperiodical!
All Squared, Number 4: How interesting!
It’s a repeat booking for the Festival of the Spoken Nerd in number 4 (or 16 if you belong to Team All Squared) of our podcast. Standup mathematician Matt Parker joined us to talk about interesting coincidences. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes
Carnival of Mathematics 97
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of March, is now online at Flying Colours Maths. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. For more information about the Carnival of Mathematics, click here.
‘Maths whizz’ ‘predicts’ Grand National ‘winner’
Cambridge News is reporting that “maths whizz” and Cambridge maths masters graduate ((I particularly like how Click Liverpool has: “A “Master of Maths” has developed a formula…” as though “Master of Maths” is a made up thing.)) William Hartston has devised a system for predicting the winner at the Grand National on Saturday. Apparently he…