Let's rock
Rock and its use for tools and buildings has shaped human civilisation. Here's an introduction to the maths of rocks.
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Maths in a minute: The brazil nut effect
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Making penalties fairer
Is the proposed ABBA rule for penalty shootouts really fairer than the existing rule? Maths shows that it is, and also suggests another, more subtle rule. -
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Maths in a minute: Compound interest and e
Compound interest is the curse of debt and the blessing of saving. Find out how it works and what it has to do with one of the most important numbers in mathematics.
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A conversation with Stephen Cook
We talk to pioneering mathematician Stephen Cook, who came up with the concept of NP-complete problems, about his work, computer science, and artificial intelligence. -
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What's your problem?
There are problems that are easy to solve in theory, but impossible to solve in practice. Intrigued? Then join us on a journey through the world of complexity, all the way to the famous P versus NP conjecture.
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The shape and fate of the Universe
How will the Universe end? In a big crunch? Or a big freeze? It all depends on its shape...
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Maths in a minute: Variance
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Mathematician advises the Home Office
John Aston, Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge, has been appointed as the Home Office's new Chief Scientific Adviser.
offRead more about...front page order0front page textStatistics professor John Aston has been appointed as the Home Office's new Chief Scientific Adviser.
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On the tiles
Our colleague Becky Warren, who runs the Hands On Maths Roadshow, has been distracting us with the wonderful puzzles she has been making, both virtually for the Millennium Mathematics Project and also as beautiful hand-made versions to play with in real life.
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Missing a complex opportunity
How Heron of Alexandria missed his chance to explore the unknown mathematical land of complex numbers. -
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What is the Mandelbrot set?
This article gives a short but thorough introduction to that fabled beast of mathematics: the Mandelbrot set.