The Damp Mathematics of Evolution. Volume 0.

"The Damp Mathematics of Evolution" is a historical column in the Italian site MaddMaths! (here the Italian version), which is devoted to a mathematical approach to natural evolution. The author is Davide Palmigiani, a PhD student in Mathematical Biology at Sapienza Università di Roma. Read more
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Naked Maths: Equations Stripped

Putting the Naked in Naked Mathematician, Tom Crawford has launched a new series called ‘Equations Stripped’ where in each episode he takes an in-depth look at some of the most important equations in maths, stripping them back layer by layer so that everyone can understand… First up are the Navier-Stokes equations which model the flow of every fluid on Earth. Read more
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The July edition of the Newsletter of the European Women in Mathematics is online!

European Women in Mathematics is an international association of women working in the field of mathematics in Europe. Here we propose the presentation by Anna Maria Cherubini of the new issue of its newsletter. Newsletter no. 28 (2017/1) Tuesday, July 4, 2017 Dear Reader, In the previous issue we announced a new format for the newsletter, to go with the re-organization of the EWM website. Read more
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Your Maths Questions Answered

Naked Maths is a brand new project from Naked Scientist Tom Crawford that looks at the maths that’s all around us… Do you have a burning maths question that you just have to know the answer to? Something you've always wanted to know, but never been able to find out? Well, good news is on the horizon! Naked Mathematician Tom Crawford has recently launched a new project that puts YOU in charge. Read more
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The Penalty Kick Equation

Naked Maths is a brand new project from Naked Scientist Tom Crawford that looks at the maths that’s all around us… With the ongoing semi-finals of the Confederations Cup and the Under-21 European Championship both being decided by penalty shootouts, I thought I would help out all the players who managed to miss their kicks by explaining the maths behind the perfect penalty. Read more
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Turing, Fibonacci and the sunflowers

Article previously published on Doc Madhattn. June 23, 2017: Happy Alan Turing 105th Birthday! One of the last Alan Turing's work is about Fibonacci numbers in nature: One of a number of problems [Alan Turing] was trying to solve was the appearence of Fibonacci numbers in the structure of plants. Read more
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Experiencing mathematics!

For more than 13 years the exhibition entitled Experiencing mathematics!, supported by UNESCO, has been circulating all over the world. As written in the main site, this very interactive exhibition is intented to show to all visitors that mathematics is: astonishing, interesting and useful, accessible to everyone, plays a large part in daily life, that they lead to many trades, and has an important role in our culture, development and progress. Read more
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Tom Crawford: the Naked Mathematician

Naked Maths is a brand new project from Naked Scientist Tom Crawford that looks at the maths that’s all around us… The Naked Scientists are an award-winning production company that specialises in broadcasting science news internationally via the radio and podcasts. Read more
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The Maxwell's equations, the Beatles and the differential geometry

The following video is a song about Maxwell's equations. Lyrics are written by David Olson with the basis of Let it be by Beatles. Enjoy! [embed]https://youtu.be/igcr5uPt5Hg[/embed] Interestingly, Maxwell's equations have been drastically reduced into a language of differential geometry. Read more
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A solution to a maximal independent set problem

Article previosly published on Doc Madhattan. A distributed system is a set of autonomous computer that comunicate in a network in order to reach a certain goal. So a maximal independent set (MIS) is a distributed system's subject. But, what we intend for MIS? In graph theory, a maximal independent set or maximal stable set is an independent set that is not a subset of any other independent set. Read more
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