Maths News

News from the world of Maths

June 14, 2005

Fractal geometry can identify Jackson Pollock's paintings

June 2, 2005

A major advance towards the twin prime conjecture

May 15, 2005

The maths of the Eurovision song contest

May 6, 2005

A mathematician finds another proof for Fermat's last theorem

April 28, 2005

Do you need language to do maths?

April 20, 2005

Peter D Lax wins the Abel Prize 2005.

April 13, 2005

Extrasolar planets have been grabbing the headlines

April 8, 2005

7.8 million digits down, only 2.2 million more needed!

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