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Solids of Constant Width now available from Maths Gear 23 Aug 2013 | 05:50 pm
If you like your shapes to be of constant width, friends of the Aperiodical Matt Parker and Steve Mould, who run Maths Gear, have long been the market leader in selling you flat 2D shapes which have t...
Open Season: Prime Numbers (Part 1) 23 Aug 2013 | 01:20 pm
In this short series of articles, I’m writing about mathematical questions we don’t know the answer to – which haven’t yet been proven or disproven. This is the third article in the series, and across...
muoto by Traction and Brainstorm 21 Aug 2013 | 10:32 pm
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Not Mentioned on the Aperiodical this month, 21 August 21 Aug 2013 | 07:59 pm
Here are three things we noticed this month which didn’t get a proper write-up, due to thesis/Edinburgh fringe/holidays: a big proof, a fun maths book club, and a ridiculous bit of pi-related madhatte...
iPad apps for university mathematics teaching: your suggestions please 21 Aug 2013 | 07:15 pm
New game, everyone! Work have bought me an iPad. I have so far discovered this is basically a touch screen interface through which I can write email, read Twitter and play pinball, but I’ve heard a ru...
Manchester MathsJam recap, August 2013 21 Aug 2013 | 02:24 pm
This month we had a few new faces, and plenty of regulars. We also had someone’s first MathsJam, and someone’s last (in the UK): Manchester regular Nicolette brought along her 6-week old baby Julia, w...
Julia Robinson and Hilbert’s Tenth Problem, by George Csicsery 20 Aug 2013 | 04:02 pm
Over on Google+, David Roberts just posted this trailer (via Антид Ото) to a lovely documentary about Julia Robinson and her contributions towards answering Hilbert’s tenth problem. David Hilbert’s t...
Explaining things 13 Aug 2013 | 04:39 pm
I have discovered, or perhaps learned how to articulate, something fundamental: I like explaining things. Allow me to explain. I do and have done a variety of different jobs. Mostly, of late, I am a ...
Carnival of Mathematics #101: Prime Numbered Special Edition 12 Aug 2013 | 11:40 pm
Welcome to the 101st edition of the Carnival of Mathematics. The Aperiodical took over running the Carnival when it launched in April 2012, at Carnival 85. Although it’s conventional to celebrate roun...
Manchester MathsJam recap, July 2013 7 Aug 2013 | 07:50 pm
This month we had a lovely MathsJam, with plenty of old and new faces and a disturbing quantity of activity related to black and white counters. I’d brought a big pile of them and some stuff to do wit...
