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    Network of people

    Six degrees of separation

    We explore the maths that helps explain this well-known phenomenon, which says that any two people around the world are likely to be connected through a surprisingly short chain of acquaintance links.

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    Random walk

    Maths in a minute: Random walks

    Random walks are great for modelling anything that moves, from particles to people. They're also fun, versatile and beautiful!

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    Yolanne Lee

    Working in AI: Yolanne Lee

    Yolanne Lee, A PhD student for the maths4DL research project, tells us about what she thinks AI will be able to do in the near future, what it has to do with cats and dogs, and how music provided her first experience of science.

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    Julian Sahasrabudhe

    Counting on connections

    Julian Sahasrabudhe wins a Whitehead Prize for combining different areas of maths using the power of combinatorics.

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    dice

    Stochastic spread

    When a new infectious disease enters a population everything depends on who catches it — superspreaders or people with few contacts who don't pass it on.  We investigate the stochastic nature of the early stages of an outbreak.

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    Illustration of coronavirus

    Preparing for Disease X

    Experts in public health, industry and disease modelling came together this summer to discuss how maths can prepare for the next pandemic.

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    Street signs

    Maths in a minute: Cayley graphs

    Trying to solve a Rubik's cube? A Cayley graph gives you a road map for doing this — and is similarly useful for dealing with any other type of mathematical group!

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