Good maths t-shirts are hard to come by, so I’ve made four of my own.
I’ve made some maths t-shirts, and you can buy them
Mathematical Objects: Introduction
Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, episodes of Mathematical Objects will take an object, real or abstract, as inspiration to chat about a mathematical topic. This introduction explains the idea ahead of the first episode, coming soon. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS | List of episodes
Many-to-many Shape Sorter
Did you like playing with shape sorters as a toddler, but find them too simple as an adult? Well, I’ve got good news for you.
Google Doodle celebrates Olga Ladyzhenskaya
Today’s Google Doodle (visit google.com to see it, or if you miss today, you can find it in their archive) celebrates Russian mathematician Olga Ladyzhenskaya. In recognition of her 97th birthday, the Doodle includes the Navier-Stokes equations, of which Ladyzhenskaya provided the first rigorous proofs of convergence using a finite-difference method.
Carnival of Mathematics 167
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of February, is now online at Tom Rocks Maths. 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.
Talking to my three-year-old about my undergraduate mathematics teaching
One day, a couple of months ago, I was walking my son to nursery and he asked what I was doing that day. I said I was going to do some teaching. What about? he asked. Well.
Ning Nang Nong Latin square
My son is obsessed with the Spike Milligan nonsense poem ‘On the Ning Nang Nong’. Here’s a video of Spike reciting it. This weekend, he asked me to help him learn it. I’ve tried to memorise it before, to save having to find the book when he wants me to recite it. But somehow, it’s…