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Can maths help us understand how ants, of such little brains, manage to cooperate so brilliantly?
Tosin uses maths to guarantee the continued production of chocolate.
Now it's the turn of mathematicians to help to improve the communities of the future.
Calculus has long been key to describing the world. Now fractional calculus is providing new ways of describing complex systems.
Calculus has long been key to describing the world. Now fractional calculus is providing new ways of describing complex systems.
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 mathematician Martin Hairer has been awarded the 2021 Breakthrough Prize for Mathematics!
Change is the only constant in our lives — which is why differential equations are so useful.
Christian tells us how geometry can help improve methods for solving differential equations.
Human beings are wilful and don't always act rationally. Yet, mathematical models of the behaviour of crowds are surprisingly accurate.
Masaki Kashiwara wins the Chern medal for his "outstanding and foundational
contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory sustained over a period of
almost 50 years."
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Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.
How is frequency related to pitch? Hear the music we love emerge from pure mathematical beats.
We talk to Stuart Johnston who uses mathematics to find out how noise pollution in the oceans impacts whales.
Generating electricity without the use of fossil fuels is not just an engineering and industrial challenge, it is also a huge mathematical challenge.
In this podcast author Coralie Colmez shares insights into her novel The irrational diary of Clara Valentine.
We talk to early career mathematicians who spent some of their summer holiday solving problems posed by industry — such as how to blend a perfect smoothie!