Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.
NOT The old Chalkdust T-shirt
Available in charity shops throughout the midlands.
Category Archives: What’s hot and what’s not
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 06
Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.
HOT Crossnumbers
Everywhere now, including the Times and of course, Chalkdust Issue 06.
[Picture: Héctor Rodriguez, CC BY-NC 2.0]
NOT Sudoku
They’re all exactly the same. I say su-no-ku
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 05
Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.
HOT Maths memes
Even better if they’re royalty-free images, because it’s not cool to steal other folks’ cartoon-based work
NOT Twitter
Used to be full of fun maths; now full of people declaring the end of the world. Sad!
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 04
Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.
HOT Mathematical crochet
Hyperbolic surfaces! Klein bottles! Impress fellow passengers with your DIY manifolds!
[Picture: Flickr user Pandaeskimo, CC BY-NC 3.0]
NOT Paper Möbius strips
As Dirichlet says, Möbius strips should be band.
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 03
Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.
HOT 5-minute talks
Show us your coolest stuff and let us chat to you later.
NOT 40-minute conference snores
You lost everyone after that entire page of algebra, mate.
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 02
Python
from jokes import jokes_about_python print(jokes_about_python)
Fortran
We don’t use punch cards any more. Why are you still using a language designed for them?!
This is Fortran. We’re not kidding. (Source)
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 01
“A blackboard, for a mathematician, is an unrivalled way to communicate” – Cédric Villani, Fields Medallist 2010
▲ Blackboards
The mathematical equivalent of a Little Black Dress. Blackboards will never go out of style.
▼ E-learning systems
In the immortal words of the Black Eyed Peas, interactive whiteboards are so two thousand and late.