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    The Big Lock-Down Math-Off, Match 6

    By Sam Hartburn. Posted April 21, 2020

    Welcome to the sixth 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 5

    By Sam Hartburn. Posted April 19, 2020

    Welcome to the fifth 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 4

    By James Arthur. Posted April 17, 2020

    Welcome to the fourth 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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    Math Seminars: a big list of online mathematics talks

    By Peter Rowlett. Posted April 15, 2020

    Math Seminars

    One positive effect of the various lock-downs in place around the world is the sudden emergence of massive numbers of online seminars and talks. The site Math Seminars, developed by a team at MIT and currently in beta, holds a list of upcoming one-off talks and seminar series.

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

    The Big Lockdown Math-Off, Match 3

    By Sam Hartburn. Posted April 15, 2020

    Welcome to the 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 Lockdown Math-Off, Match 2

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted April 13, 2020

    Welcome to the second 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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    John Conway has died

    By Katie Steckles and Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted April 13, 2020

    Mathematician John Horton Conway, a professor at both the University of Cambridge and Princeton University, and the originator of hundreds of lovely and clever maths things, has died at the age of 82.

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