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Plus is based at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge. We are very fortunate to work with many brilliant colleagues in the Maths Faculty, you will find the content we have produced with them below.

 

 

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Women of mathematics: Natalia Berloff

Natalia Berloff is a professor of applied mathematics. It was a problem in network theory that lured her into the exciting world of maths when she was ten years old.
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Tricky teacups

One of our favourite problems from our sister site NRICH opens a door to the world of combinatorics and symmetry.
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Who's watching: Context is everything

Imagine your weight depended on the colour of your underwear! Something quite similar may be happening when you are measuring things in quantum physics. Find out more here...
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Riding the pilot wave

Pilot wave theory is an extension of quantum mechanics that doesn't exhibit any of that weird randomness or fuzziness. But that doesn't mean it's totally sane. Here is a quick introduction.
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What the eye can't see

From cancer treatments to counting trees: the maths behind image analysis makes it all possible.

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Order behind chaos

We all know what symmetry is. But why does it play such a central role in modern physics?
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What are sigma levels?

Find out how scientists, from physicists to geneticists, measure their confidence in their results.
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