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Books to Recommend to Maths Students

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Published: October 14, 2025 13:39

I was asked recently by a first-year maths undergrad student if I could recommend any books on problem-solving, as they were hoping to develop their problem-solving skills. Asking around some maths communication colleagues has resulted in an impressive…

Double Maths First Thing: Issue 39

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Published: October 8, 2025 07:45

DMFT is grateful for the last minute. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and delight of doing maths and solving problems. Today I went to a school in Poole to talk about my career in maths and computing as part…

What on earth is the infinite least squares beanstalk?

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Published: October 7, 2025 15:46

I’m trying something a bit different. Here’s a ten-minute video about a sequence I found on the OEIS. (I’ve also put this video on YouTube, but I’m anxious about having a copy of my videos somewhere that else) The sequence is A276573, the infinite least…

Carnival of Maths 244

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Published: October 4, 2025 11:35

The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of September 2025, is now online at IoannaGeorgiou.com. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See…

Aperiodical News Roundup – August/September 2025

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Published: October 3, 2025 15:20

Here’s a round-up of maths news stories from this month we haven’t otherwise covered on the Aperiodical (not including, of course, the important enneahedron news Christian just posted about). MathJax, a Javascript display engine for typesetting maths in…

Breaking enneahedron news!

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Published: October 3, 2025 07:52

A nice person called Payton Asch sent me an email with an observation about the Herschel enneahedron: It looks like the underlying polytope for the enneahedron is a triangular bipyramid (two tetrahedra stacked on top of each other) or the dual polytope…

#mathober 2025

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Published: October 2, 2025 10:31

We’ve gone crashing into October and that means it’s also #Mathober, an annual maths/art celebration taking place on the internet. If you’re into maths or art, or both, and would like to try producing something creative this month, on an informal schedule,…

Double Maths First Thing: Issue 38

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Published: October 1, 2025 07:45

DMFT wants to be in the room where it happens Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread joy and happiness in doing maths, solving puzzles and generally figuring stuff out. We went to see Hamilton (the musical, not Academical)…

Double Maths First Thing: Issue 37

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Published: September 24, 2025 07:45

Double Maths First Thing didn’t know the letters went that big. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to share the joy and delight I take in figuring stuff out and solving puzzles. This weekend just gone, I went to the not-yet-open…

Double Maths First Thing: Issue 36

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Published: September 17, 2025 07:45

There is a good service on all DMFT lines Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to share the joy, love and creativity of doing exactly the right maths for you. This week, I have mainly been cursing the name of Scroggs and his cursed…