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Mandelbrot

Unveiling the Mandelbrot set

You've probably seen pictures of the famed Mandelbrot set and its mysterious cousins, the Julia sets. In this article Robert L. Devaney explores the maths behind these beauties and shows that they're loaded with mathematical meaning.

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Teaching excellence

The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics has been launched
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Eye on the ball

Goal keepers defend against the maths of the new World Cup ball
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Hide and seek

Maths uncovers hidden files lurking within digital images.
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The power of groups

Groups are some of the most fundamental objects in maths. Take a system of interacting objects and strip it to the bone to see what makes it tick, and very often you're faced with a group. Colva Roney-Dougal takes us into their abstract world and puzzles over a game of Solitaire.