Here’s a quick round-up of some news stories from this month. Awards The Royal Society has announced its award winners for 2024, which include mathematicians Ingrid Daubechies (Bakerian Medal/lecture for the physical sciences), Hannah Fry (David Attenborough Award/lecture for public engagement) and Philip Maini (Sylvester medal for mathematical research). And the joint IMA/LMS Christopher Zeeman…
\(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: Science Rapper
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 Jon Chase, aka Oort Kuiper the Science Rapper, about his TikTok channel and how he’s been using it to…
Matrix multiplication doesn’t work like that
Earlier this week I posted a matrix multiplication worksheet on Mastodon. If you do some of these, you might spot what’s funny about them. For example. \[ \Large \begin{bmatrix}\color{navy}{4} & \color{navy}{8}\\\color{navy}{2} & \color{navy}{3}\end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix}\underline{\color{blue}{8}} & \underline{\color{blue}{8}}\\\underline{\color{blue}{2}} & \underline{\color{blue}{7}}\end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix}\color{navy}{4}\underline{\color{blue}{8}} & \color{navy}{8}\underline{\color{blue}{8}}\\\color{navy}{2}\underline{\color{blue}{2}} & \color{navy}{3}\underline{\color{blue}{7}}\end{bmatrix} \] That is, the answer to each question can be made…
Aperiodical News Roundup – June/July 2024
Here’s a round-up of some news we didn’t cover on the Aperiodical in the last couple of months.
Carnival of Maths 230
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of July 2024, is now online at Theorem of the Day. 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.
Row \( \sqrt{-1} \) of Pascal’s triangle
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The Big Internet Math-Off 2024, the final!
Here’s the final match of The Big Internet Math-Off. Over the past month, we’ve heard from 16 interesting mathematicians and whittled them down to just 2. Today, we’re pitting Matt Enlow against Angela Tabiri to determine The World’s Most Interesting Mathematician (2024, of the people who I asked to take part and were available). Take…