Calling all maths enthusiasts! If you have a few minutes to spare, I'd just like to quickly promote this @cgpgrey video. Many thanks :) #probability youtube.com/watch?v=PmWQmZXY…
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Let’s send them packing. It’s begins May 4th
stopthetories.vote/
#Mathematicians : I remember a question in an exam a long time ago about a measure of compactness (let's call it m) for a 2D shape with maximum diameter L and area A as: m = 4A/πL²
Has anyone else heard of this? Does it have a particular name? Please help!
.@GoranNewsum You might be interested in this analysis of Countdown! Plus it includes a programming challenge re. large numbers (instead of 25, 50, 75 and 100) for those who fancy that (e.g. @Pecnut , @mscroggs , @AProblemSquared , others from @MathsJam ) youtube.com/watch?v=X-7Wev90…
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There's also a spreadsheet of all the songs written here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
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I've updated the #MathsJamJam song book to include all songs written between 2016 and 2022. 94 songs over 100 pages, with lyrics reimagined by 20 mathematical lyricists. @MathsJam @BigMathsJam drive.google.com/file/d/1zgE…
I've just completed all the puzzles in the mscroggs.co.uk Advent calendar! My favourite puzzle was number 6 - it gives rise to one of those "follows a nice straightforward pattern until it suddenly doesn't" sequences!
I have successfully shot down the first drone on the @mscroggs advent calendar! mscroggs.co.uk/
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Jacob Rees-Mogg is very angry and wants you to *stop* retweeting this video of him saying we need a General Election if we have a new Prime Minister..
..like Rishi Sunak at 2pm
#SackSunak #ToriesOut109 #NeverSunak #GeneralElection2022 #GeneralElectionN0W
I solved this earlier, from last month's @MathsJam Shout - at first, I thought it was a boring problem that would need a lot of number-crunching, but then I found a particular geometric interpretation of what's going on, and the solution was very nice - Well done @MathsJamGLD !
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Join me on Friday 7th October for a book launch event 7pm at the Hellenic Centre in Marylebone. Reg in comments
#event #invitation #storytelling #booklaunch #mathematics #mathsteacher #maths #mathsisfun #stories #matheducation #historyofmaths #author #illustrated @asuka_young
159 days later, equalled my personal best on @TheVirtualPubQ1 ! Guessed the wrong river and was one year out in round 1.
From @ThreadsTangents - name songs from lyric snippets:
Pretty Cabinet
You Saw Brigadoon
L on her Forehead
Elephant goes Toot
Silver-Black Phantom Bike
America’s Tortured Brow
Countless Screaming Argonauts
Custom Kitchen Deliveries
Greta Garbo’s Stand-off Sighs
Newspaper Taxis
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I always use this panel of Colossus explaining it because they do it better than I do - (img desc text at end of this blog post: graniteandsunlight.wordpress…)
PSA: Windows update messed up my computer today - had to restart a few times to get back to normal. Here's how if you need it: 1) Win+r to open Run dialogue 2) type "cmd" and enter to bring up command line 3) type "shutdown /r" to restart. windows-commandline.com/rebo…
