It’s been a busy few months! As per our name, here’s an aperiodically-timed round up of things that have happened in the world of maths in the last few months.
Aperiodical News Roundup – March, April & some of May 2023
My conference experience: TMiP 2019
This is a guest post from maths communicator Max Hughes. If you’re thinking about going to the Talking Maths in Public conference this summer, read on to find out what it’s like. I first attended Talking Maths in Public in Cambridge at the end of August of 2019. At the time I was just about…
Carnival of Mathematics 215
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of April 2023, is now online at Cassandra Lee Yieng’s 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.
Carnival of Mathematics 214
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of March 2023, is now online at Theorem of the Day. 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.
Booking open for TMiP 2023
Maths communicators: assemble! It’s that time again, when everyone’s favourite biannual maths communication conference happens (every two years, in case you weren’t sure). Talking Maths in Public is a conference for people who work in, or otherwise participate in, communicating mathematics to the public.
An aperiodic monotile exists!
Actual aperiodicity news on The Aperiodical! This is probably the biggest aperiodicity news we’ll ever cover here: David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss have produced a single shape which tiles the plane, and can’t be arranged to have translational symmetry. And it’s so simple!
Carnival of Mathematics 213
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of February 2023 is now online at SamHartburn.co.uk. 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.