Double Maths First Thing is, fundamentally, somewhere for Colin to dump all his open tabs. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread mathematical mirth, geometric joy, and delight in the beauty of whatever this is. Let’s boogie. A bit random Since I’m applying for a job that…
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Double Maths First Thing: Issue 2
Double Maths First Thing is Colin’s weekly newsletter. Usually several letters, arranged into words. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread joy and delight through the medium of mathematics. It’s Wednesday morning and it’s time for Double Maths First Thing. Number City! There’s only one place to…
Double Maths First Thing: Issue 1
Double Maths First Thing is Colin’s weekly news summary. Or autumnal, if you’re reading this after the equinox. You can sign up to receive it in your inbox on a Wednesday morning here. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician. It’s Wednesday morning, and it’s Double Maths First Thing. Shape-ology Over on…
From Zero to Hero: a Euclidean proof
It used to live, unloved, in the A-level formula book: a mysterious result relating the area of a triangle to its sides. The most interesting thing about it was its name: Heron’s formula. (As far as I can make out, the chap’s name was Hero of Alexandria, and if you do a possessive in Greek…
Please take part in the Big Internet Math-Off
The Big Internet Math-Off is a just-for-fun tournament that I and a few friends have organised on The Aperiodical, ostensibly to find the World’s Most Interesting Mathematician. The idea is really to show off lots of fun maths, but I’ve found that a competition is a good hook to get people engaged. I’ll be doing…
27 tickets that guarantee a win on the UK National Lottery – but what prize?
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…
Aperiodical News Roundup – January 2023
Here’s a round-up of news stories from January 2023. Maths forever news The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that all students will study maths to age 18. The response has been varied, with commentators from both within mathematics and from non-mathematical backgrounds weighing in (with varying degrees of nuance). However, this isn’t planned…