Search | plus.maths.org

Skip to main content

Secondary menu

about Plus
support Plus
Plus sponsors
subscribe to Plus
terms of use

Search form

Home
Articles
News
Packages
Podcasts
Puzzles
Discover
Videos
Login

Search
Content

Advanced search

Containing any of the words

Containing the phrase

Containing none of the words

Only of the type(s)

Article

Blog

Careers

Front page text

Issue

News

Packages

Page

Podcasts

Poll

Poster

Puzzle

Recommendation

Review

Story

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.

Happy birthday Quicksort!

Next month sees the 60th birthday of a famous algorithm called Quicksort. We explore its origin, its workings, and some other work of its inventor Tony Hoare.
The shower equation: Dealing with delay

Many processes, including climate change and the spread of COVID-19, involve a delay. Here's a beautiful equation designed to model such processes.
The Delta variant: What do we know?

As the Delta variant is worrying the UK, researchers from the JUNIPER consortium have published all they know about it.
The maths of COVID-19

All our COVID-19 related coverage at a glance.
Maths in a minute: The positive predictive value

When you receive a positive test result for a disease, the chance you actually have it depends on how common the disease is.

Tweets by plusmathsorg

Copyright © 1997 - 2021. University of Cambridge. All rights reserved.
Plus Magazine is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.