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…
Ferienne by Afiq Omar
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Interesting Esoterica Summation, volume 5
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…
Katie Steckles interviewed on mathblogging.org
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…
Follow Friday, 12/10/12
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.
Carnival of Mathematics 91
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of September, is now online at Matheminutes. 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.
PRIMES-USA
PRIMES, it turns out, isn’t just a word for numbers without any proper factors – it’s also a mentoring programme for high school students in the USA, based at MIT. The students visit there once a week from February to May, and work with academics on real research. They also run similar programmes for computer…