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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!

Explaining AI with the help of philosophy

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly important in our society, can philosophy offer us a way to explain decisions made by AI systems?

Maths in a minute: Measure

Learn how lengths, areas, and volumes generalise to the concept of measure, and how this relates to integration and probability.

The EMS Prizes 2024: Frederick Manners

Frederick Manners  has won a prestigious EMS Prize at the European Congress of Mathematics 2024 for, among other things, a problem involving pyjamas.

How to compute the dimension of a fractal

Find out what it means for a shape to have fractional dimension.

The EMS Prizes 2024: Tom Hutchcroft

Tom Hutchcroft has won a prestigious EMS Prize at the European Congress of Mathematics 2024, for work on mathematical models that can help us figure out phase transitions.

The EMS Prizes 2024: Richard Montgomery

Richard Montgomery has won a prestigious EMS Prize at the European Congress of Mathematics 2024 for work on objects so ubiquitous in everyday life it's easy to forget they're mathematical: networks.

The European Congress of Mathematics 2024!

The ninth European Congress of Mathematics has kicked off in Seville, Spain, and we're here too!

Moduli spaces: Exploring the torus space

This article describes how you can describe the entire universe of Riemann tori (surfaces that look like dooughnuts) in one go.

Moduli spaces: What type of Riemann tori are there?

A Riemann torus is a surface that looks like a doughnut. This articles explored how you might tell Riemann tori apart.

Moduli spaces: Introducing Riemann surfaces

How many different surfaces are there? The question seems impossible to answer, but mathematicians have a way of dealing with the multitude. Follow us on a journey into the world of moduli spaces.

Beating bird flu with maths

With bird flu spreading through cattle herds in the US and infecting humans, the diseases poses a severe threat to wild life, poultry and also people. What can mathematical modelling do to help?