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News from the world of Maths

July 16, 2008

Solving two unrelated problems at once

News from the world of maths:

July 3, 2008

News from the world of maths: Global war death toll should be tripled

July 3, 2008

Will you be my friend?

July 3, 2008

Have you got as many friends as you think?

News from the world of maths:

July 1, 2008

Pi appears in crop circle

July 1, 2008

Well educated aliens

News from the world of maths: Issue 47 out now!

June 17, 2008

News from the world of maths: The Plus podcast: Catching waves

June 10, 2008

Maths in a minute

Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.

The maths of randomness

Randomness is surprisingly hard to define. Fortunately the mathematical language we use to describe it is beautifully well defined.
Arithmetic billiards

Need to find the least common multiple or greatest common divisor of two numbers? A billiard table of the right proportions holds the answers!
Clocking the schedule

The way many football leagues schedule their fixtures can lead to unfair effects — and unsolved maths problems!
The two envelopes problem solved

Here's a resolution for one of probability theory's most famous paradoxes.
The real numbers and Cauchy sequences

We take the real numbers for granted, but what are they really?

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