Here’s a roundup of some of the mathematical things that happened in the first month of the year.
A Mathematician’s Guide to Wordle
We invited mathematician and wordplay fan Ali Lloyd to share his thoughts on hit internet word game phenomenon Wordle. If you’re not familiar with the game, we recommend you go and have a play first. When I first saw Wordle I said what I saw many other people subsequently say: “Oh, so it’s a bit…
Podcasting About: Count Me In with Della and Deanna
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 Della Dumbaugh and Deanna Haunsperger about their podcast, Count Me In with Della and Deanna.
Podcasting About: Infinitely Irrational
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 Nathalie Vega-Rhodes, host of the Infinitely Irrational podcast.
This island is big enough for the both of us
I’ve made a little game.
Fibonacci, Lucas and the Golden Ratio in Pascal’s Triangle
This is the third in a series of guest posts by David Benjamin, exploring the secrets of Pascal’s Triangle. Leonardo Pisano (1170-1250), now universally known as Fibonacci, was born in Pisa, Italy, where he was also living at the time of his death. He was educated in north Africa as his father worked there, representing the…
Mobile Numbers: Truchet Tiling
In this series of posts, Katie investigates simple mathematical concepts using the Google Sheets spreadsheet app on her phone. If you have a simple maths trick, pattern or concept you’d like to see illustrated in this series, please get in touch. Since apparently I’m now a maven for interesting fun things built using Google Sheets, someone tagged…