The Calculus of Love is a short film by writer/director Dan Clifton and starring Keith Allen. The film’s distributor got in touch with us last week to direct our attention toward the film, with the following synopsis: Mathematics Professor AG Bowers is obsessed with solving the fabled 250 year old Goldbach Conjecture. When a series…
In a blog post last week, Alex Bellos said: It is often said that the reason Alfred Nobel did not endow one of his prizes in mathematics was because his wife was having an affair with a mathematician.While this story has been debunked it is nevertheless frustrating to mathematicians, especially during Nobel week, that the…
A new episode of the Math/Maths Podcast has been released. A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: The x-and-y-axes travelling salesman problem: a TSP special case 30-year-old problem solved; The Queen given dominion in hyperspace; The Nobel Prize in Physics 2012; Japanese abacus teacher…
[vimeo url=https://vimeo.com/42692741]
Whoah there, traveller! Time for a break. Unhitch your wagon from the locomotive of Progress and roll into the railway siding of Idle Curiosity. I’ve got some more interesting esoterica for you. In case you’re new to this: every now and then I encounter a paper or a book or an article that grabs my interest…
Tip-top maths blog review site mathblogging.org has been running a series of interviews with maths bloggers. I think all three of the Aperiodical triumvirate have taken part, but Katie’s answers were published today. She said some things that made me feel unexpectedly positive about this site, so I’m happy. I’m sure mine and Peter’s responses will…
With nonmonotonic irregularity, it’s time for another Follow Friday – a round up of the maths people on Twitter you should be following, or at least some fun links you can look at.