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…
Unbroadcastable, an ode to podcasting
Recently I listened to Conway on Gardner, over at Mathfactor. I enjoyed this a great deal and it made me want to say something about podcasting as a format. I think the conversation between Chaim Goodman-Strauss and John Conway (h2g2; wikipedia) is unsuitable for broadcast in several ways – it is rambling and lacks the…
Carnival of Mathematics #67
Editorial The Carnival of Mathematics #66 was hosted at Wild About Math! This is Carnival of Mathematics #67. If you’re new to the Carnival of Mathematics, check out Mike Croucher’s introduction at Walking Randomly. Photo by woody1778a. My first task is to choose an interesting fact about the number of the carnival. Well, the excellent…