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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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Defying gravity: The uphill roller
What goes up must come down — or does it? Find out how to cheat gravity with Julian Havil.
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Music and Euclid's algorithm
What does a mathematician from the 3rd century BC have to do with tuning musical instruments in 17th century Europe? Benjamin Wardhaugh tells us about one of the more unusual places you might find Euclid's algorithm being used.
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Graphical methods III: the slugs bounce back
In the last article of this three-part series, Phil Wilson shows how simple graphs can tell you a lot about the economy — and not only in Slugworld.
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The Nature of Space and Time: An Evening of Speculation
A public discussion explores deep questions
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The Fields Medals 2006
The highest honour in maths has been awarded to four mathematicians
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Bridges: mathematical connections in art and music
Mathematicians and artists mingle in London
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Help defeat malaria in Africa
Take part in research from home, and help defeat malaria with Africa@home.
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Troubled minds and perfect turbulence
Van Gogh paintings mimic the physics that governs turbulence
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Flyby asteroid
Asteroid just missed Earth
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Teaching excellence
The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics has been launched