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…
Podcasting about: The Art of Mathematics podcast
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.
\(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: Eddie Woo
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.
Aperiodical News Roundup – December 2023
Here’s a round-up of a few newsy things we didn’t cover on the site in the month of December.
Carnival of Mathematics 223
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.
Particularly mathematical New Years Honours 2024
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…
\(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: Howie Hua
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 Howie Hua, who runs a TikTok channel sharing short videos to help people understand mathematics.