As I am leaving the IMA (didn’t know? You haven’t been listening to the Math/Maths Podcast!), I am trying to document what I do. I am videoing some bits that might be useful for my successor to see what I do and see if they like it for their own use. In the middle of…
Podcast: Episode 62 – William Simpson, Solar physics
These are the show notes for episode 62 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 62 is the smallest inconsummate number in base 10: no number is a 62-multiple of the sum of its digits. More about 62 from Number Gossip. William Simpson of the University of St. Andrews talks about his work in…
Podcast: Episode 61 – Chris Marchant, Outreach
These are the show notes for episode 61 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 61 is prime, the smallest prime whose reversal is a square. More about 61 from Number Gossip. This week on the podcast we hear from Chris Marchant, Outreach Manager for The Department Of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Liverpool.…
Podcast: Episode 60 – Sarah Norton, systems engineering
These are the show notes for episode 60 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 60 is the base of the Babylonian and earlier numeral systems. You can read some history of this system, how it worked and a discussion of possible reasons for 60 being the base at the MacTutor History of Mathematics…
Wanted: IMA University Liaison Officer
I am leaving my roles at the IMA and University of Nottingham to take up a new role as HE Curriculum Innovation Advisor with the Maths, Stats and OR Network as part of the National HE STEM Programme. What will I be doing? Here’s some blurb from the job advert: The National HE STEM programme…
Podcast: Episode 59 – Katie Steckles and Rufus Roberts, Maths busking
These are the show notes for episode 59 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 59 is prime, the center prime number in a 3×3 prime magic square that has the smallest possible magic constant 177. More about 59 from Number Gossip. At Outreach in Collaboration III at the Centre for Effective Learning in…
Podcast: Episode 58 – Ben Beech, Air Traffic Control
These are the show notes for episode 58 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 58 is the smallest Smith number with a prime sum of digits. A Smith number is a composite number for which the sum of its digits equals the sum of all the digits appearing in its prime divisors. More…