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Unveiling the Mandelbrot set

You've probably seen pictures of the famed Mandelbrot set and its mysterious cousins, the Julia sets. In this article Robert L. Devaney explores the maths behind these beauties and shows that they're loaded with mathematical meaning.

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Teaching excellence

The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics has been launched