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

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.

How to work out doubling time

The doubling time for the Omicron variant seems to be scarily fast. But how do you calculate it?
Life on the beach with Markov chains

Markov chains are exceptionally useful tools for calculating probabilities, and they might increase your chance of getting to the beach!
Proof by picture!

When it comes to doing maths, a picture can be worth a thousand equations.
The maths of COVID-19

All our COVID-19 related coverage at a glance.
Why the generation time of COVID-19 is important

To work out the famous R number you need to know the time between infections.

Tweets by plusmathsorg

Copyright © 1997 - 2022. University of Cambridge. All rights reserved.
Plus Magazine is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.