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Maths in a minute: Cartesian coordinates
A fly on the ceiling inspired the coordinate system you might remember from school.
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Why sine (and cosine) make waves
From trigonometry to waves.
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What is a square?
If a shape has equal sides with 90 degree angles between them then it's a square, right? Well, not quite...
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A short introduction to the work of Maryna Viazovska
Viazovska is only the second woman to receive a Fields Medal, for her ground-breaking proof to a problem we're all familiar with.
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The Fields Medals 2022: Maryna Viazovska
Maryna Viazovska has won one of this year's Fields Medals for a ground-breaking result in the theory of sphere packings.
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Hiding in plane sight
Flying a plane on a secret mission? Some basic geometry can help you avoid being captured by an adversary.
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Proof by picture!
When it comes to doing maths, a picture can be worth a thousand equations.
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Parabolati
A beautiful argument to show that all parabolae are similar.
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Solving crimes with maths: Bloodstain pattern analysis
Some basic trigonometry can deliver vital evidence from the scene of a crime.
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Counting rose petals
The beautiful rose curve has an odd pattern to the number of its petals – this student and teacher team explain why...
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Ghosts in the tiling
Do you like curves? The you'll love tricurves and their ghostly phantoms!