What did I get for Christmas (mathematically, at least)? My big present was an Acme Klein Bottle, whose website claims it to be one of “the finest closed, non-orientable, boundary-free manifolds sold anywhere in our three spatial dimensions”. This is a 3D representation of a 4D Klein bottle; a pale shadow, of course, although the…
Pictorial proofs
I received this message from Alan Stevens, Nottingham Maths Jam attendee. I am putting it here so readers of this blog and the other Maths Jams might consider the topic as well. Although I won’t be able to make the next MathsJam at Nottingham I’ve thought of a theme you might like to consider. I…
Figurative Sculptures by Manuel Martí Moreno
Figurative Sculptures by Manuel Martí Moreno:
Why I like some bad maths stories
My two most recent posts here have been about a story reporting a coincidence as more exceptional that it is and ‘bad maths’ reported in the media. Both are examples of mathematical stories being reported in a way that is not desirable. Somehow, though, I like the whist story and dislike the PR equations. I…
‘Bad maths’ news stories
On the Math/Maths Podcast, we frequently cover ‘bad maths’ stories. A recent example was the bobbing apples story we spoke about in episode 71: Halloween Fruit Special. This proposed a “mind-bogglingly complicated equation”, provided by a supermarket, for finding the perfect bobbing apple: D = 3 x (2 + T^2) x M / (10 x…
Dice sculptures by Tony Cragg
Loomi: A Modular Light Kit
Loomi: A Modular Light Kit: