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From rainbows to rogue waves
Dispersion lies at the heart of many dramatic phenomena - explore the maths that explains it!
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Maths in a minute: Dispersion
If you've ever marvelled at a rainbow, you have witnessed dispersion in action!
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Give us a wave!
Ripples on a pond, the swell of ocean waves, your favourite song – these can all be described using sine waves. But how do we describe a sine wave?
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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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Why is the Earth a magnet?
It's a good question with a fascinating answer.
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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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Mathematical snapshots: Tamara Grossmann
PhD student Tamara Grossmann tells us about her work on image analysis.
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Can AI help with breast cancer screening?
There are several ways in which it can and studies suggest they could be safe and effective.
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Maths in a minute: Deep learning
Take a dive into deep learning - a spectacularly successful development in artificial intelligence!
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Happy Ada Lovelace day 2022!
We celebrate this year's Ada Lovelace day with a selection of podcasts featuring some of the many women we have worked with over the years.
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Women of Mathematics: Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb
In this final episode of the Women of Mathematics series, we talk to Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb about the collaborative nature of mathematics.