Articles by Rafael Prieto Curiel
Rafael Prieto Curiel is doing a PhD in mathematics and crime. He is interested in mathematical modelling of any social issues, such as road accidents, migration, crime, fear and gossip.
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Closing the first Black Mathematician Month
Reflecting on what we've learnt over the past few weeks.
In conversation with Olubunmi Abidemi Fadipe-Joseph
Meet Olubunmi Abidemi Fadipe-Joseph, an active promoter for women in mathematics from Nigeria
In conversation with Nazar Miheisi
Our first interview celebrating Black Mathematician Month
The mathematics of human migration
Human migration with mathematical models, data and a hands-on experiment!
Making your own papercupter
Next time you are finished using a paper cup, create your own papercupter!
Taking the (mathematically) perfect picture at the Leaning Tower Of Pisa
Finding the best picture at the Leaning Tower of Pisa is all about the maths rather than the pose!
The croissant equation
Each time you eat a croissant you might be biting more than 500 layers of dough!
The spider witch project
Constructing a spiderweb: in the spookiest and most horrific way possible!
In conversation with Andrea Bertozzi
We chat to Andrea about crime, maths and her fluid career
Why I hate an empty bus stop
How the queue size tells you when the next bus is coming
Cracking the Guess Who? board game
Maths and Decision Theory to be the best at playing Guess Who?
Are we getting tired of Twitter?
Here is the reason why the golden era of Twitter is gone
Fractional calculus: the calculus of witchcraft and wizardry
How can we differentiate a function 9¾ times?
100 years with the Sierpinski triangle
Three ways to obtain and generalise a beautiful fractal
Somewhere over the rainbow
Some mathematical questions you might have wondered every time you look at one of those rainbows
Introducing the Cuboku
Can you solve our 3D Sudoku puzzles?
Do you have too many or too few friends?
Do we have a natural limitation on the number of friends that we have?
Politics: a tweeting glance
What does Twitter have to do with politics?
Music playlists, Facebook and Twitter
Here is a very exciting way to measure how similar is your music playlist between your friends, or how similar are your Facebook contacts.