Issue 05 was released on 7 March 2017. Enjoy the articles online or scroll down to view the magazine as a PDF.
Features
In conversation with Bernard Silverman
We chat to the chief scientific advisor to the Home Office about the role of scientists and mathematicians in politics
Linear algebra… with diagrams
Rediscover linear algebra by playing with circuit diagrams
Debugging insect dynamics
Explain the strange dynamics of certain insects using game theory
Variations on Fermat: an agony in four fits
Fermat's Last Theorem with complex powers, wrapped in a story every mathematician can relate to
Slide rules: the early calculators
When slide rules used to rule... find out why they still do
The simplest difficult task
Factorisation is often used in cryptography. But there's something even simpler which turns out to be just as hard.
Origami tesseract
Folding origami, building networks, making projections and multiple dimensions!
Florence Nightingale, statistician
What is the real story behind the lady with the lamp?
Roots: Mary Somerville
Mary Somerville fights against social mores to become one of the leading mathematicians of her time.
On the cover: dragon curves
Read more about the fire-breathing curves that appear on the cover of issue 05
Fun
Prize crossnumber, Issue 05
Win £100 of Maths Gear goodies by solving our famously fiendish crossnumber
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 05
Mathematical fashion advice for an ever-changing world
Dear Dirichlet, Issue 05
Prof. Dirichlet tackles political arguments and werewolves in answering your personal problems
Comic: The Inverse Homotopy, part 4
Part 4 of our mathematical comic's adventure
Puzzles, Issue 05
Solve the puzzles that appeared in Issue 05.
Page 3 model
How to model bread making!
Which mathematical object are you?
Are you feeling ideal? In your prime? Discover your inner mathematical object (plus handy term explainer).
How to make: a slide rule
Make calculations easy with this simple-to-make slide rule
Top Ten: Parts of a circle
The definitive chart of the circle's greatest partsTop ten vote issue 05
Vote for your favourite geometry instrumentPuzzle Solutions, Issue 05
The answers to the puzzles that appeared in issue 05
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