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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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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!
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Less is more: The quest for minimal surfaces
For over 250 years minimal surfaces have been playing hide and seek with mathematicians. But what are they and why are they interesting?
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Maths in a minute: The Sydney Opera House
The mathematical puzzle behind the iconic structure.
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The Abel Prize 2019
Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck has been awarded the Abel Prize 2019!
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Saving whales using Pythagoras
One of the greatest threats to whales is being struck by ships. Find out how Pythagoras' theorem can help avoid this.
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Maths in a minute: Equal temperatures
At any point in time there are two points on the Earth's equator with the same temperature.
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Maths in a minute: Higher dimensions
In normal life higher dimensions smack of science fiction, but in mathematics they are nothing out of the ordinary.