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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!
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Some lovely proofs by picture
Don't like trigonometry? Don't worry, here are three beautiful proofs of a well-known result that make do without it.
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Changing perspectives
Henry Wilton has won a Whitehead Prize for work that combines geometry and algebra.
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Maths in three minutes: Map projections
Getting a different picture of our planet.
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Euler's polyhedron formula
In this article we explores one of Leonhard Euler's most famous results.
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Maths in a minute: Social distancing
How should people arrange themselves for maximal socialising at a safe distance?
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Metallic numbers: Beyond the golden ratio
You've heard of the golden ratio but have you heard of the silver ratio? And all its other cousins called the metallic numbers? Read this article to meet the family!