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    Carnival of Mathematics 226

    By Katie Steckles. Posted April 5, 2024

    The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of March 2024, is now online at Tom Rocks Maths. 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.

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    Podcasting about: Chalkboard Ultra podcast

    By Katie Steckles. Posted March 15, 2024

    In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical podcasts from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the podcast and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Louie and Sam, two students at Durham University, who host a podcast there for their uni’s student radio station Purple Radio.

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    Finite Group: update and free livestream

    By Peter Rowlett. Posted March 7, 2024

    Finite Group Live chats with cool maths people Join us on Patreon/Discord: finitegroup.co.uk Next Livestream: Weds 27th Mar 5-6pm

    A few months ago a group of us launched a membership club, The Finite Group, which you can join! A big update is the lineup — your membership now supports the work of and gives you access to content from mathematician and TikTok star Ayliean MacDonald, as well as Chalkdust’s Matthew Scroggs and The Aperiodical’s…

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    -e^iπ to Watch

    \(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: Stephen Wolfram on Twitch

    By Katie Steckles. Posted March 6, 2024

    In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Wolfram about their CEO Stephen Wolfram and his Twitch streaming channel.

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    Travels in a Mathematical World

    ChatGPT and history of maths misconceptions

    By Peter Rowlett. Posted March 5, 2024

    Peter: Let's have a quiz. Please answer in just one short sentence. ChatGPT: Of course! I'm ready for the quiz. Peter: Who discovered Cramer's rule?

    You know how loads of things in maths are named for the wrong person? In 1996, a fun quiz appeared in The Mathematical Gazette based on history of maths misconceptions. It contained a series of questions where the obvious answer is not correct, such as “Who discovered Cramer’s rule?”, “Did Pascal discover the Pascal triangle?”…

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    Carnival of Mathematics

    Carnival of Mathematics 225

    By Katie Steckles. Posted March 3, 2024

    The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of Feburary 2024, is now online at Fractal Kitty. 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.

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    News Roundup

    Aperiodical News Roundup – February 2024

    By Katie Steckles. Posted February 29, 2024

    Here’s some mathematical news we didn’t otherwise cover this month.

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