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    Eric Schmidt wants Britain to want to be the best at maths

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted May 27, 2012

    Sigh.

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    Call for submissions: articles on the Maths of Planet Earth for Mathematics Today special issue

    By Peter Rowlett. Posted May 27, 2012

    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.

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    Math/Maths 98: Why do buses come in Markov chains?

    By Peter Rowlett. Posted May 27, 2012

    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…

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    News, Phil. Trans. Aperiodic.

    Open Access Update – 25th of May

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted May 25, 2012

    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…

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    Aperiodical Round Up 6 – It glides to a stop as it reaches the end of the power stroke

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted May 25, 2012

    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.

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    Matt Parker’s Twitter Puzzle: 25th May

    By Katie Steckles. Posted May 25, 2012

    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…

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    Caten by David Letellier

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted May 24, 2012

    [vimeo url=https://vimeo.com/42582062] Caten by David Letellier

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