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    Carnival of Mathematics 224

    By Katie Steckles. Posted February 13, 2024

    The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of January 2024, is now online at CavMaths. 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 – January 2024

    By Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Posted February 2, 2024

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    Here’s a round-up of some mathematical news stories not reported elsewhere on the site this month. Maths News Hiroki Takizawa claims Othello is solved: perfect play leads to a draw. (via Lance Fortnow) Stephen Wolfram has announced version 14 of Mathematica, which will be available immediately both on the desktop and in the cloud. The…

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    Podcasting about: The Art of Mathematics podcast

    By Katie Steckles. Posted February 2, 2024

    Art of Mathematics logo - the words 'The Art of Mathematics' on a background of shapes

    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 Dr. Carol Jacoby, creator of The Art of Mathematics podcast, about her work.

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    -e^iπ to Watch

    \(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: Eddie Woo

    By Katie Steckles. Posted January 10, 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 Eddie Woo, author of the YouTube channel Wootube.

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    News Roundup

    Aperiodical News Roundup – December 2023

    By Katie Steckles. Posted January 4, 2024

    Here’s a round-up of a few newsy things we didn’t cover on the site in the month of December.

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    Carnival of Mathematics

    Carnival of Mathematics 223

    By Katie Steckles. Posted January 3, 2024

    Screenshot of Carnival 223 on George's blog

    The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of December 2023, is now online at George Shakan’s Data Science and Math Blog. 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

    Particularly mathematical New Years Honours 2024

    By Peter Rowlett. Posted December 30, 2023

    The UK Government have announced the latest list of honours, and we’ve taken a look for the particularly mathematical entries. Here is the selection for this year – if you spot any more, let us know in the comments and we’ll add to the list. Get the full list from gov.uk. As well as the…

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