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March 2010
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topology

Tags: geometry : fields medal : number theory : topology


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In the first of a new series 'Imaging Maths', Plus takes an illustrated tour of an extraordinary geometric construction: the Klein bottle.

Tags: klein bottle : mathematical modelling : topology : visualisation : projective plane : surface : orientability : one-sided surface : two-sided surface : torus : helicoidal surface : geodesic


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Leonhard Euler was one of the most prolific mathematicians of all time. This year marks the 300th anniversary of his birth. Robin Wilson starts off a four part series on Euler with a look at his life and work.

Tags: history of mathematics : geometry : harmonic series : topology : Euler : infinite series : Euler year


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Lucinda Mathews visualises tricky surfaces

Tags: Möbius strip : klein bottle : permutation : hyperbolic geometry : topology


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Mathematicians solve the famous loop's mystery

Tags: Möbius strip : topology : orientability


Tags: women in mathematics : Fermat's Last Theorem : topology : Adams prize : elliptic curve : Diophantine equation : genus


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The 2004 Abel Prize celebrates one of the great landmarks of 20th century mathematics.

Tags: mathematical modelling : Abel prize : topology : analysis : Atiyah-Singer index theorem


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One of science's biggest prizes awarded for research into strings and knots

Tags: cosmology : Poincare Conjecture : topology : string theory : knot theory