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Mathematical mysteries: twin primes
We know there is infinitely many primes, but are there infinitely many twin primes?
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The coin tossing problem
Winning pennies by flipping coins.
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The magical maze
Mathematics is a maze, according to Ian Stewart at the Royal Institutions Christmas Lecture.
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Image analysis - a modern application of mathematics
New technology has provided us with some amazing images - satellite images, medical images, even images beamed back from Mars. Julian Stander tells us about the increasing role of statistics in interpreting them.
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Three doors
The famous Monty Hall problem
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Designing loudspeakers
In his second article, David Henwood explains the role of mathematics in the design of Hi-Fi loudspeakers.
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I'll take door number three...