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    Carnival of Maths 178

    By Katie Steckles. Posted February 10, 2020

    Screenshot of Carnival 178

    The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of January, is now online at Storm Bear World. 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.

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    Geogebra to Cake in Five Steps

    By Sam Hartburn. Posted January 31, 2020

    In the Aperiodical’s Big Internet Math-Off 2019, Becky Warren posted an entry about Geogebra’s ‘reflect object in circle’ tool (it’s the second article in the post). I enjoyed playing with the tool and, after making a few colourful designs, it occurred to me that one of them would make a great cake for the MathsJam…

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    Mathematical Objects: Romanesco Broccoli

    By Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Posted January 31, 2020

    Romanesco broccoli

    A conversation about mathematics including fractals inspired by a Romanesco Broccoli. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, idea suggested by John Read (thanks John!). Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes

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    Mathematical Objects: A deck of Set cards

    By Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Posted January 17, 2020

    A deck of Set cards

    A conversation about mathematics inspired by a deck of Set cards. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. We mentioned‬ an implementation of Set in Python by Ben Nuttall and a retro NES version by Katie. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes

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    Carnival of Maths 176/177

    By Katie Steckles. Posted January 16, 2020

    The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the months of November and December, is now online at Ganit Charcha. 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.

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    Particularly mathematical New Years Honours 2020

    By Peter Rowlett. Posted December 31, 2019

    It’s that time of year when we take a look at the UK Government’s New Years Honours list for any particularly mathematical entries. Here is the selection for this year – any more, let us know in the comments and we’ll add to the list.  Prof. Nick Woodhouse, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford.…

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    Mathematical Objects: Ox Blocks

    By Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Posted December 20, 2019

    Ox Blocks game

    A conversation about mathematics inspired by the game Ox Blocks. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes

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