The recent preprint ‘You need 27 tickets to guarantee a win on the UK National Lottery‘ by David Cushing and David I. Stewart presents a list of 27 lottery tickets which will guarantee to match at least two numbers on the UK National Lottery, along with a proof that this is the minimum number you…
Interview: Kyle Evans on his 2023 Fringe show, Maths at the Museum
We spoke to friend of the site, award-winning maths communicator and past math-off competitor Kyle Evans about his Edinburgh Fringe show for 2023, which is about maths.
Mathematical Objects: On-Sets
A conversation about mathematics inspired by a 1960s game designed to teach set theory. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. On-Sets: A Vintage Set Theory Game by Peter Rowlett is free to read in Math Horizons. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes
Carnival of Mathematics 217
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of June 2023, is now online at Double Root. 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.
Hexaflex yourself!
Hexaflexagons are great. If you haven’t seen one before, you’re about to have a lovely time. If you have seen them before, the reason I’m writing about them is that I’ve made a webpage that helps you create a template for a hexaflexagon with your choice of picture on each of the three faces.
We all need some space!
A couple of days ago, a question occurred to me: What’s the furthest I’ve ever been from anyone else?
Aperiodical News Roundup – May & June 2023
Maths news didn’t stop coming this month, and if you missed it, here was our coverage of the new Spectre aperiodic monotile, an improvement on the previous monotile discovery. Here’s some other news that happened in May and June which we didn’t otherwise cover here. Vladimir Drinfeld and Shing-Tung Yau have been awarded the 2023…