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The power of small things
Beware of exponentially small terms!
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Stokes's phenomenon: An asymptotic adventure
How a question about rainbows led to an entire field of mathematics.
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Maths in a minute: Maths and music
Explore the connections between maths and music!
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The unity of mathematics: a meeting in honour of Sir Michael Atiyah
Mathematicians from across maths and physics and around the world gathered to celebrate Sir Michael Atiyah.
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Winter is coming: Where are we going?
What can we expect from the pandemic this winter and autumn?
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On the road to dark energy (with chameleons)
We may be a little closer to a direct detection of dark energy thanks to a new result that came about, in a sense, by accident.
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Black Heroes of Mathematics 2021
This inspiring conference featured speakers from Africa, the US, the Caribbean and the UK. Here are some highlights.
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Keeping people safe at large events
How can sporting events, concerts, or festivals be kept safe in the face of rising COVID-19 infections?
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Maths in a Minute: Category theory
A quick introduction to an abstract concept that's useful in anything from genetics to cosmology.
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Maths in a Minute: The wagon wheel effect
Have you ever noticed the strange phenomenon of wheels appearing to move backwards while the vehicle is moving forwards? Aadit Jain explains why!
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Opening the black box
The organisers of a new INI programme explain why we need to know more about the maths behind machine learning and deep neural networks.
News story
Happy Ada Lovelace Day!
We celebrate with some of our friends, all women doing pioneering work using machine learning in a wide range of applications.