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plus.maths.org opens a door onto the world of maths, for anyone who is curious about the world and the maths that is changing our lives!
It usually refers to something called category theory. Here's a brief introduction plus.maths.org/content/math... #maths #math #physics
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It usually refers to something called category theory. Here's a brief introduction plus.maths.org/content/math... #maths #math #physics
November 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Would you like to hear the inventor of the #internet, Vint Cerf, sing #karaoke? Then check out the latest #vlog from @hlforum.bsky.social #HLF25 youtu.be/sZz-NS4UeXE?...
September 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Would you like to hear the inventor of the #internet, Vint Cerf, sing #karaoke? Then check out the latest #vlog from @hlforum.bsky.social #HLF25 youtu.be/sZz-NS4UeXE?...
We're back in Heidelberg for the 12th @hlforum.bsky.social where young researchers get to meet laureates of the most prestigious #maths and #compsci prizes. We'll be filming a vlog throughout the week, watch this space to see the episodes as they go live
September 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We're back in Heidelberg for the 12th @hlforum.bsky.social where young researchers get to meet laureates of the most prestigious #maths and #compsci prizes. We'll be filming a vlog throughout the week, watch this space to see the episodes as they go live
Today we're revisiting the foundations of #maths! Gödel's results say there isn't one set of axioms on which all of maths should rest-different axioms allow you to prove different things. But is there a set of axioms that's more natural than all others? plus.maths.org/content/sear...
August 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Today we're revisiting the foundations of #maths! Gödel's results say there isn't one set of axioms on which all of maths should rest-different axioms allow you to prove different things. But is there a set of axioms that's more natural than all others? plus.maths.org/content/sear...
The harmonic series looks simple 1+ 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4…
Yet, unintuitively, it grow without bound! Read more in our recent article by our intern Ben.
plus.maths.org/content/math...
Yet, unintuitively, it grow without bound! Read more in our recent article by our intern Ben.
plus.maths.org/content/math...
July 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The harmonic series looks simple 1+ 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4…
Yet, unintuitively, it grow without bound! Read more in our recent article by our intern Ben.
plus.maths.org/content/math...
Yet, unintuitively, it grow without bound! Read more in our recent article by our intern Ben.
plus.maths.org/content/math...
"The most important thing in mathematics is creation." Here's Kashiwara being awarded the 2025 #AbelPrize by King Harald V of Norway under a painting by Edvard Munch.
May 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"The most important thing in mathematics is creation." Here's Kashiwara being awarded the 2025 #AbelPrize by King Harald V of Norway under a painting by Edvard Munch.
We have travelled to sunny Oslo where the Abel Prize will
be officially awarded this week to Masaki Kashiwara. We’re very excited to be here! If you’d like to find out more about eh Abel Prize, we’ve listed all our coverage of the Prize since it started on one page plus.maths.org/content/abel...
be officially awarded this week to Masaki Kashiwara. We’re very excited to be here! If you’d like to find out more about eh Abel Prize, we’ve listed all our coverage of the Prize since it started on one page plus.maths.org/content/abel...
May 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
We have travelled to sunny Oslo where the Abel Prize will
be officially awarded this week to Masaki Kashiwara. We’re very excited to be here! If you’d like to find out more about eh Abel Prize, we’ve listed all our coverage of the Prize since it started on one page plus.maths.org/content/abel...
be officially awarded this week to Masaki Kashiwara. We’re very excited to be here! If you’d like to find out more about eh Abel Prize, we’ve listed all our coverage of the Prize since it started on one page plus.maths.org/content/abel...
Yesterday was Florence Nightingale's birthday! To see a brief introduction to Nightnigale the statistician see plus.maths.org/content/intr... For a more detailed look see plus.maths.org/content/flor... #maths #mathematics #statistics
May 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Yesterday was Florence Nightingale's birthday! To see a brief introduction to Nightnigale the statistician see plus.maths.org/content/intr... For a more detailed look see plus.maths.org/content/flor... #maths #mathematics #statistics
The hypersphere in 4 dimensions: you can't visualise it, but you can still define it! and there are clever ways of getting a glimpse of what it might look like. Find out more here plus.maths.org/content/hype... #maths #geometry #higherdimensions
May 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The hypersphere in 4 dimensions: you can't visualise it, but you can still define it! and there are clever ways of getting a glimpse of what it might look like. Find out more here plus.maths.org/content/hype... #maths #geometry #higherdimensions
The #uncertainty principle is one of the central results of quantum mechanics. Here's a brief introduction which also shows how the principle drops out of the mathematics. plus.maths.org/content/heis... #maths #physics #quantummechanics
April 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The #uncertainty principle is one of the central results of quantum mechanics. Here's a brief introduction which also shows how the principle drops out of the mathematics. plus.maths.org/content/heis... #maths #physics #quantummechanics
Here's our ridiculously short introduction to some very basic #quantummechanics. It does what it says on the tin, to the best of our ability plus.maths.org/content/ridi... #maths #physics
April 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Here's our ridiculously short introduction to some very basic #quantummechanics. It does what it says on the tin, to the best of our ability plus.maths.org/content/ridi... #maths #physics
Schrödinger's cat has become a well-known metaphor for mutually exclusive things happening at the same time. Here's a quick look at the origin of the famous feline. plus.maths.org/content/who-... #physics #maths #quantummechanics (Image: Dhatfield)
April 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Schrödinger's cat has become a well-known metaphor for mutually exclusive things happening at the same time. Here's a quick look at the origin of the famous feline. plus.maths.org/content/who-... #physics #maths #quantummechanics (Image: Dhatfield)
Here's a quick introduction to the famous double slit experiment which confirms that light is simultaneously wave-like and particle-like and that the very act of looking at a #quantum system can change it. plus.maths.org/content/phys... #physics #quantummechanics
April 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Here's a quick introduction to the famous double slit experiment which confirms that light is simultaneously wave-like and particle-like and that the very act of looking at a #quantum system can change it. plus.maths.org/content/phys... #physics #quantummechanics
Towards the end of the 19th century people thought that #physics was done and dusted. Over the next few decades, however, alarming cracks started to open up in the theory. This short article explores why a revolution was needed. plus.maths.org/content/why-... #maths #quantummechanics
April 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Towards the end of the 19th century people thought that #physics was done and dusted. Over the next few decades, however, alarming cracks started to open up in the theory. This short article explores why a revolution was needed. plus.maths.org/content/why-... #maths #quantummechanics
As well as a beautiful design made out of 2000 line segments plus.maths.org/content/2000... @al-prof.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
As well as a beautiful design made out of 2000 line segments plus.maths.org/content/2000... @al-prof.bsky.social
"50 visions" also featured a beautiful photo of the Sagrada Familia illustrating Gaudi's love for #mathematical design plus.maths.org/content/holy... @al-prof.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"50 visions" also featured a beautiful photo of the Sagrada Familia illustrating Gaudi's love for #mathematical design plus.maths.org/content/holy... @al-prof.bsky.social
Another image from "50 visions" shows a beautiful commute plus.maths.org/content/beau...
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April 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Another image from "50 visions" shows a beautiful commute plus.maths.org/content/beau...
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The "50 visions" book contained beautiful #mathematical images. Here are a few examples plus.maths.org/content/chem...
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April 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The "50 visions" book contained beautiful #mathematical images. Here are a few examples plus.maths.org/content/chem...
@al-prof.bsky.social #maths #math
@al-prof.bsky.social #maths #math
One thing that connects us to Chris Budd (and @al-prof.bsky.social ) is that a while back we worked with him on the book "50 visions of mathematics" published on the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. It was fun! plus.maths.org/content/50-v...
April 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
One thing that connects us to Chris Budd (and @al-prof.bsky.social ) is that a while back we worked with him on the book "50 visions of mathematics" published on the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. It was fun! plus.maths.org/content/50-v...
Another V-KEMS study group was about the use of #ArtificialIntelligence in the #criminal #justice system...fascinating! plus.maths.org/content/ai-b... #maths #mathematics
April 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Another V-KEMS study group was about the use of #ArtificialIntelligence in the #criminal #justice system...fascinating! plus.maths.org/content/ai-b... #maths #mathematics
Some lovely talks at the Budd birthday bash!
V-KEMS gets mentioned quite a lot - virtual study groups where #mathematicians solve real-world problems. Here's one @al-prof.bsky.social was involved with in the pandemic plus.maths.org/content/unlo...
V-KEMS gets mentioned quite a lot - virtual study groups where #mathematicians solve real-world problems. Here's one @al-prof.bsky.social was involved with in the pandemic plus.maths.org/content/unlo...
April 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Some lovely talks at the Budd birthday bash!
V-KEMS gets mentioned quite a lot - virtual study groups where #mathematicians solve real-world problems. Here's one @al-prof.bsky.social was involved with in the pandemic plus.maths.org/content/unlo...
V-KEMS gets mentioned quite a lot - virtual study groups where #mathematicians solve real-world problems. Here's one @al-prof.bsky.social was involved with in the pandemic plus.maths.org/content/unlo...
Oh and with his son Jeremy, Chris also explored the #maths of the strange BBC Radio 4 game "Mornington Crescent" plus.maths.org/content/how-...
April 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Oh and with his son Jeremy, Chris also explored the #maths of the strange BBC Radio 4 game "Mornington Crescent" plus.maths.org/content/how-...
...and, always ahead of his time, Chris helped us get our head around #Artificialintelligence when it was still very new (at least to us) plus.maths.org/content/what...
April 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
...and, always ahead of his time, Chris helped us get our head around #Artificialintelligence when it was still very new (at least to us) plus.maths.org/content/what...
Chris also helped us understand the interesting #maths that describes the behaviour of crowds of people plus.maths.org/content/agm
April 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Chris also helped us understand the interesting #maths that describes the behaviour of crowds of people plus.maths.org/content/agm