INI

The Isaac Newton Institute: Creating eureka moments

One of the most exciting places in the mathematical world is the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (INI), an international research centre and our neighbour here on the University of Cambridge's maths campus.
The INI attracts leading mathematical scientists from all over the world, and is open to all. We are proud to be collaborating with the INI to bring the cutting edge mathematics that is being done there to the general public. The following content is part of this collaboration.

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The Kervaire invariant problem

Explore our content on a long-standing problem in topology that has only recently been solved.

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Hunting strange shapes in higher dimensions: Continued

We continue our journey towards a proof of the Kervaire invariant problem.

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Hunting strange shapes in higher dimensions

Wand to expand your horizon? Then discover one of the hardest problems in algebraic topology which has only recently been solved: the Kervaire invariant problem.

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Living proof: Hunting through higher dimensions with Zhouli Xu

In this episode of Maths on the Move Zhouli Xu takes us on a trip into higher dimensions, retracing some of the long, and sometimes arduous, journey towards a proof of the Kervaire invariant problem.

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Maths in a minute: The Poincaré conjecture

We explore a famous problem which shaped 20th century topology. 

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Meet your digital twin

Will we one day have digital versions of our entire body to help us make medical and life style decisions and see what medical treatments are right for us? Find out in this podcast.

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Living Proof: The meaning is in the arrows with Adina Goldberg

Find out why "the meaning is in the arrows" in our podcast with Adina Goldberg!

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A (hi)story of geometry

A story from geometry shows how developments in mathematics have fundamentally changed the way we think about the world around us.

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The hypersphere in four dimensions

We can't visualise it, but we can still think about it! And there are clever ways of glimpsing what it might look like.

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Living proof: A conversation with Sarah Hart

In this episode of the Living proof podcast we talk to Sarah Hart about how she combines maths, literature and history in her interesting career.

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Maths in a minute: Invariants

What are mathematical invariants and why are they useful?

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Introducing Emmy Noether

The mathematician Emmy Noether was a "creative mathematical genius" (Albert Einstein) whose work had far-reaching impact beyond the world of pure mathematics. This collection brings together content exploring Noether's life and work