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Mathematical mysteries: twin primes
We know there is infinitely many primes, but are there infinitely many twin primes?
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I'll take door number three...
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What a coincidence!
Coincidences are familiar to us all but what are the so-called laws of chance? From coin tossing to freak weather events, Geoffrey Grimmett explains how probability is at the heart of it all.
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Natural frequencies and music
In the first of two articles, David Henwood discusses the vibrations that can be harnessed by musical instrument makers.
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Designing loudspeakers
In his second article, David Henwood explains the role of mathematics in the design of Hi-Fi loudspeakers.
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Image analysis - a modern application of mathematics
New technology has provided us with some amazing images - satellite images, medical images, even images beamed back from Mars. Julian Stander tells us about the increasing role of statistics in interpreting them.