I’d like to cut a rectangle into a 3×4 grid of squares. To minimise the number of cuts, should I cut three long strips first, or four short strips? Does it matter?
Any way you cut it
Double Maths First Thing: Issue A
Double Maths First Thing is where there area 10 kinds of people: those who understand hexadecimal, and F others. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to share joy and delight in maths, beyond and instead of the test. Around here, we count in hexadecimal. My big news! This…
Mathematical Objects: Parallelepiped with Ayliean MacDonald
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a very special parallelepiped. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Ayliean. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes
Double Maths First Thing: Issue 9
Double Maths First Thing is like a diet MathsJam, some of the flavour but only a hint of the joy. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread delight in my beloved subject. I spent the weekend at Big MathsJam in Staffordshire and gorged myself full of puzzles,…
Carnival of Maths 233
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of October 2024, is now online at Math Intersect Programming. 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.
Aperiodical News Roundup – October 2024
Here’s a roundup of some of the maths-related news from this month we didn’t otherwise cover here!
Double Maths First Thing: Issue 8
Double Maths First Thing is Colin’s refuge from the kids’ obsession with Odd Squad. Hello, and welcome to Double Maths First Thing! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread joy and delight in my subject. It’s half-term week, so this is necessarily rushed, brief, and poorly formatted —…