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    The Big Lock-Down Math-Off, Match 23

    By Sam Hartburn. Posted May 26, 2020

    Welcome to the twenty-third match in this year’s Big Math-Off. Take a look at the two interesting bits of maths below, and vote for your favourite. You can still submit pitches, and anyone can enter: instructions are in the announcement post. Here are today’s two pitches.

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    The Big Internet Math-Off, The Big Lock-Down Math-Off

    The Big Lock-Down Math-Off, Match 22

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted May 24, 2020

    Welcome to the twenty-second match in this year’s Big Math-Off. It’s back for one last gasp! Take a look at the two interesting bits of maths below, and vote for your favourite. You can still submit pitches, and anyone can enter: instructions are in the announcement post. Here are today’s two pitches.

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    Help for those delivering university mathematics online

    By Peter Rowlett. Posted May 22, 2020

    In the pandemic lockdown, people have been grappling with delivering teaching, learning, assessment, support and outreach online, and facing the prospect of continuing to do so into the autumn. In response to this, here are four free online events that are coming up where people doing this for mathematics and statistics are offering practical advice.…

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    Mathematical Objects: D&D Dice

    By Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Posted May 22, 2020

    A conversation about mathematics inspired by a set of D&D dice. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes

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    The Big Internet Math-Off, The Big Lock-Down Math-Off

    The Big Lock-Down Math-Off, Match 21

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted May 21, 2020

    Welcome to the twenty-first, and possibly final, match in this year’s Big Math-Off. Take a look at the two interesting bits of maths below, and vote for your favourite. You can still submit pitches, and anyone can enter: instructions are in the announcement post. Here are today’s two pitches.

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    Podcasting about: Numberphile Podcast

    By Katie Steckles. Posted May 20, 2020

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    In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical podcasts from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the podcast and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Brady Haran, YouTube filmmaker and creator of Numberphile, along with several other highly successful science YouTube channels, about his accompanying Numberphile podcast.

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    The Big Internet Math-Off, The Big Lock-Down Math-Off

    The Big Lock-Down Math-Off, Match 20

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted May 19, 2020

    Welcome to the twentieth match in this year’s Big Math-Off. Take a look at the two interesting bits of maths below, and vote for your favourite. You can still submit pitches, and anyone can enter: instructions are in the announcement post. Here are today’s two pitches.

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