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…
Henry Segerman’s 30-cell puzzle
Henry Segerman is a mathematician at the University of Melbourne with a keen interest in 3d-printing mathematical shapes. He’s just uploaded a video showing off his latest creation, a 30-cell burr puzzle created in collaboration with Saul Schleimer: [youtube url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJwqT_sbB_A] Pretty cool, eh? As well as providing a PDF describing the puzzle, Henry’s uploaded the…
Probabilitelly
On the 18th of October BBC Four is going to broadcast a programme called Tails You Win: The Science of Chance, presented by Prof David Spiegelhalter, as part of its Big Science series. Here’s the BBC’s description: Smart and witty, jam-packed with augmented-reality graphics and fascinating history, this film, presented by Professor David Spiegelhalter, tries to…
Proof News
Here’s a little catch-up with the status of the claimed proofs of some big statements that were announced recently. At the end of August, Shin Mochizuki released what he claims is a proof of the abc conjecture (link goes to a PDF). Barring someone spotting a huge error, it’s going to take a long time to…