You may recall that a while ago I wrote about Picture this!, an interactive problem/puzzle developed by one of our supported projects at work. Now the same group have developed a problem solving ‘starting point’ on linear programming. The problem pits you as a toy manufacturer producing wooden dolls and trains, with a limited number…
“Tenet” – Galois on stage
Tony Mann has written a review of the play ‘Tenet: A True Story About the Revolutionary Politics of Telling the Truth about Truth as Edited by Someone Who is Not Julian Assange in Any Literal Sense‘. Without wanting to spoil the review, which you can read as “Tenet” – Galois on stage on Tony’s Maths…
The life and times of Paul the Psychic Octopus
You may be aware of plans for the movie ‘The life and times of Paul the Psychic Octopus’ (starring Bayes’ Theorem!). A tweet from David Spiegelhalter, who appears in the trailer, and a blog post from the Denver/Boulder A.V. Club indicates the film is ready or nearly ready to go and will appear in June and…
Good times for A-Level mathematics but issues need to be addressed earlier
Recent reports from Ofqual and Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI) highlight positives in the depth of content and takeup of A-Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics but an Ofsted report finds problems in earlier stage mathematics teaching.
Math/Maths 97: Travelling Salesman Movie Special
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 briefly to introduce this interview Samuel recorded with Timothy Lanzone, the writer and director of the forthcoming movie, Travelling Salesman. Get this episode: Math/Maths 97: Travelling Salesman Movie…
Sir Michael Atiyah and Cédric Villani talk at Tate Modern
Sir Michael Atiyah and Cédric Villani, Fields medallists, holders of a frankly embarrassing number of other awards, and highly entertaining speakers, will be having a conversation “to explore mathematics and topology” at Tate Modern, London, on June 2nd, following a screening of the film Au Bonheur des Maths.
All metro systems eventually have the same shape
The BBC and Scientific American report on a paper looking, “in an exploratory manner,” at the limiting shape of metro systems serving large cities. The BBC linked to the actual paper, which is nice of them. The Scientific American article goes into a bit more detail, though. The authors contend that rather than the shape of…