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Call for submissions: articles on the Maths of Planet Earth for Mathematics Today special issue
The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications has launched a call for submissions for a special issue of its magazine Mathematics Today on the Mathematics of Planet Earth.
Math/Maths 98: Why do buses come in Markov chains?
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: Has a “schoolboy ‘genius’” solved a problem set by Isaac Newton that “stumped mathematicians for centuries”?; A Long-Time Limit for World Subway Networks; Space-filling; Running buses that…
Open Access Update – 25th of May
The campaign to make access to scholarly literature fairer and broader has been picking up steam and moving quite quickly lately, so I thought it would be a good idea to collect the recent news about open access, the Elsevier boycott, and so on, all in one place. To help you catch up with the…
Aperiodical Round Up 6 – It glides to a stop as it reaches the end of the power stroke
Hello. I’m Christian Perfect and it’s finally here: Aperiodical Round Up 6! It’s certainly been a while since the last Round Up. You might not even have the words to describe just how long it’s been. Maybe the book Naming Infinity will help.
Matt Parker’s Twitter Puzzle: 25th May
Matt Parker (@standupmaths on Twitter) has tweeted the following Maths Puzzle, to wake you up: Friday morning #MathsPuzzle! If you start the Fibonacci sequence 2,1 instead of 1,1 do you get more or fewer primes? (Check the first ten.) — Matt Parker (@standupmaths) May 25, 2012 No spoilers in the comments! Send your replies to…
Caten by David Letellier
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