Finite Group: update and free livestream
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by Peter Rowlett
2w ago
A few months ago a group of us launched a membership club, The Finite Group, which you can join! A big update is the lineup — your membership now supports the work of and gives you access to content from mathematician and TikTok star Ayliean MacDonald, as well as Chalkdust’s Matthew Scroggs and The Aperiodical’s Katie Steckles and me. Membership gives you access to a chat community and monthly livestreams. For a taste of the livestreams, check out this π minute video! The big news is that the next livestream will be free to view live online on 27th March from 5-6pm GMT. All four of us will b ..read more
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(-e^{ipi}) to Watch: Stephen Wolfram on Twitch
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by Katie Steckles
2w ago
In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Wolfram about their CEO Stephen Wolfram and his Twitch streaming channel. Channel title: Stephen_Wolfram Link: twitch.tv/stephen_wolfram Topics covered: Science & Technology, Language Design, Business Average stream length: 1 hour 15 min Recommended videos: Math Storytelling: Part One Live CEOing Ep 748: Language Design Review of Calculus & Algebra Features for 14.0 Any of the  ..read more
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ChatGPT and history of maths misconceptions
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by Peter Rowlett
3w ago
You know how loads of things in maths are named for the wrong person? In 1996, a fun quiz appeared in The Mathematical Gazette based on history of maths misconceptions. It contained a series of questions where the obvious answer is not correct, such as “Who discovered Cramer’s rule?”, “Did Pascal discover the Pascal triangle?” and “Who first published Simpson’s rule?” I was looking for a demo to show my students that generative AI programs are not producing accurate knowledge when I thought of this quiz. I put its questions to ChatGPT to see how it did. The point of the exercise is that these ..read more
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Carnival of Mathematics 225
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by Katie Steckles
3w ago
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of Feburary 2024, is now online at Fractal Kitty. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics page for more information ..read more
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Aperiodical News Roundup – February 2024
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by Katie Steckles
3w ago
Here’s some mathematical news we didn’t otherwise cover this month. A collaborative project involving Dennis Gaitsgory and several pals claim they are compiling a proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture, consisting of a series of papers. (via Anton Hilado) It’s been announced that all European Mathematical Society journals will be diamond open access in 2024. It follows their Subscribe To Open programme, and means that “for the first time the [EMS] Press’s annual journal output will be entirely open access, with a blend of S2O and Diamond publications”. Maths history news: it’s been makin ..read more
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Carnival of Mathematics 224
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by Katie Steckles
1M ago
The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the month of January 2024, is now online at CavMaths. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics page for more information ..read more
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Aperiodical News Roundup – January 2024
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by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett
1M ago
Here’s a round-up of some mathematical news stories not reported elsewhere on the site this month. Maths News Hiroki Takizawa claims Othello is solved: perfect play leads to a draw. (via Lance Fortnow) Stephen Wolfram has announced version 14 of Mathematica, which will be available immediately both on the desktop and in the cloud. The latest version has 6602 built-in functions, and is accompanied by significant documentation and online tutorials to help people learn how to use it. A new mathematical modelling competition, open from 1st Feb, invites predictions for when cherry trees will bloss ..read more
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Podcasting about: The Art of Mathematics podcast
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by Katie Steckles
1M ago
In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical podcasts from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the podcast and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Dr. Carol Jacoby, creator of The Art of Mathematics podcast, about her work. Podcast title: The Art of Mathematics Website: theartofmathematicspodcast.com Links: Spotify – Google Podcasts – Apple Podcasts Average episode length: 15-20 minutes Recommended episodes: “Everything you know about math is wrong” (introductory episode); “Math as a way of thinking” with Ian Stewart. What is your podcast about, and wh ..read more
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(-e^{ipi}) to Watch: Eddie Woo
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by Katie Steckles
2M ago
In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Eddie Woo, author of the YouTube channel Wootube. Channel title: Wootube Link: youtube.com/misterwootube Topics covered: High school mathematics – algebra, geometry, calculus, vectors, statistics, the whole range! Average video length: 10 minutes Recommended videos: Learning with Wootube – video produced by YouTube; The Magical Disappearing Square; Why is 0! equal ..read more
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Aperiodical News Roundup – December 2023
The Aperiodical
by Katie Steckles
2M ago
Here’s a round-up of a few newsy things we didn’t cover on the site in the month of December. Image: MIT Technology Review Google DeepMind’s FunSearch has found a correct and previously unknown solution to the cap set problem, which the researchers claim as “the first discoveries made for established open problems using LLMs”. Fields Medalist Terry Tao wrote a blog post about the open problem back in 2007, and you can read the paper for the DeepMind result. The arXiv has started offering HTML versions of papers – as described in this official arXiv blog post, they’re hoping it’ll make researc ..read more
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