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Avi Wigderson: "It's good to have hard problems"

You are faced with a difficult problem, it is not easily solved. How do you feel? Well, if you are Avi Wigderson, one of the winners of the 2021 Abel Prize, you are very happy!

Triangular number patterns

There are triangular numbers hiding all over the standard multiplication table! Find out how to discover them in this article!

Testing testing in schools

What's the safest way to reopen schools? And can testing make things better?

New perspectives in symmetry

What is group theory and why is it such an exciting area of maths? Two experts explain.

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Maths in a minute: Cyclic groups

When things go round and round, a cyclic group may be just what you need!

Maths in a minute: Representing groups

Groups occur all over mathematics, so it makes sense to find a common language to talk about them all.

The magic of shuffling

Want to shuffle like a professional magician? Find out how to shuffle perfectly, imperfectly, and the magic behind it.

The mathematics of shuffling

A journey into the maths of card shuffling gives us a great insight into how mathematicians work.

Ghosts in the tiling

Do you like curves? The you'll love tricurves and their ghostly phantoms!

How to (pretend to) memorise a pack of cards

Here is a neat way of using maths to pretend to memorise a pack of cards. Amaze your friends! Astound your family!