(No, this story is not about plus-size fashion week) The New York Times has published an interview with Carson C. Chow, an applied mathematician who models the factors causing obesity in the human body. He claims that the main cause of America’s obesity problem is the overproduction of food. Dr. Chow has written a post…
Modified packing problem might save lives
Unhelpful framing news, now. A University of Michigan of press release begins: A hidden facet of a math problem that goes back to timeworn Sanskrit manuscripts has just been exposed by nanotechnology researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Connecticut.
Looking at mathematical literature as literature
Stanford University News have posted a press release/interview with Reviel Netz about his book Ludic Proof: Greek Mathematics and the Alexandrian Aesthetic.
P-p-p-publicise a paper!
We love hearing about new maths but keeping up with the literature is difficult. It’s also quite hard to tell if something outside your field of expertise is noteworthy or not. So we want your help directing our attention towards new and noteworthy research, whether it’s on the arXiv or in peer-reviewed journals or just…
The strange case of Misha Verbitsky and the trademarked beard
A mathematician named Misha Verbitsky was arrested while trying to leave his native Russia for a conference in Poland, and is now banned from leaving the country. Apparently, he had been convicted in absentia of infringing Igor Pugach’s copyright in a blog post criticising him.
Octave (Like MATLAB but free) for Android phones and tablets
Mike Croucher works as a science and engineering applications support specialist at the University of Manchester. He asked us for help publicising a Kickstarter project to port Octave to Android, so we thought the best way to do that was to ask him to explain what it’s about himself.
In what flipping dimension is a square peg in a round hole just as good as a round peg in a square hole?
In what flipping dimension is a square peg in a round hole just as good as a round peg in a square hole? Let’s start at the beginning. My Plus magazine puzzle from March asks “Which gives a tighter fit: a square peg in a round hole or a round peg in a square hole?”…