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Puzzles

Fun with fuses

What it takes to win Wimbledon

Russian roulette

The coloured hat exam Three students have been put in detention by their evil maths teacher, Mr Chalk.

Do five suffice?

Puzzle page: Do five suffice? This is a hint

Tiling troubles

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Maths in a minute

Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.

The maths of randomness

Randomness is surprisingly hard to define. Fortunately the mathematical language we use to describe it is beautifully well defined.
Citizen science: Schumann resonances

Resonant electromagnetic waves, created by lightning flashes, circle the Earth. Wim Hordijk explores the maths and shows how you can keep track with these phenomena.
Arithmetic billiards

Need to find the least common multiple or greatest common divisor of two numbers? A billiard table of the right proportions holds the answers!
The real numbers and Cauchy sequences

We take the real numbers for granted, but what are they really?
Maths in a minute: The axioms of probability theory

Take a quick trip to the foundations of probability theory.

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