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Smale's chaotic horseshoe: continued

Smale's chaotic horseshoe

Want to understand chaos? Then have a look at this famous brainchild of the mathematician Stephen Smale.

Country road, take me home

Road colouring problem solved

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.

Tools made of light win 2018 Nobel prize in physics

Revolutionary laser tools built that have changed our lives have won the Nobel prize in physics.
Maths in a minute: Transcendental numbers (and politics)

A quick introduction to transcendental numbers, a famous problem which relates to them, and how the person who solved it became a victim of political tensions.
What is pharmaceutical statistics?

What do statisticians do in the pharmaceutical industry?
Maths and politics

Mathematicians like to think that their field transcends politics, but as this brief history of the International Congress of Mathematicians shows, international mathematics has always been coloured by world events.
The ICM 2018

The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) took place in Rio de Janeiro at the beginning of August. Here is all our coverage at a glance.

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