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This year's Abel Prize goes to the "true virtuoso" Dennis Sullivan.

Escaping the tyranny of the straight line.

This article gives a short but thorough introduction to that fabled beast of mathematics: the Mandelbrot set.

In this video the mathematician Holly Krieger explains how complex numbers are important in the study of dynamical systems.

Thanks to the tireless effort of students Cambridge now has a piece of the largest distributed fractal in the world.

Our images of the week show the amazing snow art created by Simon Beck.

Help to build the world's largest distributed fractal!

Our image of the week!

Mathematicians and psychologists don't cross paths that often and when they do you wouldn't expect it to involve an (apparently) unassuming puzzle like the Tower of Hanoi. Yet, the puzzle holds fascination in both fields.

If you're bored with your holiday snaps, then why not turn them into fractals? A new result by US mathematicians shows that you can turn any reasonable 2D shape into a fractal, and the fractals involved are very special too. They are intimately related to the famous Mandelbrot set.

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

  • As COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, kicks off we look at how maths can help understand the climate crisis.

  • How do you create dramatic film out of mathematics? We find out with writer and director Timothy Lanzone.

  • Mathematics plays a central role in understanding how infectious diseases spread. This collection of articles looks at some basic concepts in epidemiology to help you understand this fascinating and important field, and set you up for further study.

  • Find out why the formula we use to work out conditional probabilities is true!

  • We talk about a play that explores the fascinating mathematical collaboration between the mathematicians GH Hardy and Srinivasa Ramanujan.