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Category Archives: What’s hot and what’s not

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What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 12

by Chalkdust. Published on 30 October 2020.

Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.

HOT Naming your software

Check out my new software: the Automated Chebyshev Real Orthogonal Novel Y-axis Maker.

NOT Writing software

Programming takes ages.

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What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 11

by Chalkdust. Published on 17 April 2020.

Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.

HOT Epidemiological models

Keeping us safe, informing policy, saving lives. Maths is rarely this visibly important.

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What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 10

by Chalkdust. Published on 23 October 2019.

Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.

HOT Issue 10

We’re so excited about releasing issue 10!

NOT Issue 3628800

Wait another 1.8 million years for this one? No thanks.

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What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 09

by Chalkdust. Published on 14 March 2019.

Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.

HOT The 10-issue challenge

We challenge you to write an article for issue 10 of Chalkdust.

NOT The 10-year challenge

What’s so special about base 10 anyway?

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What’s hot and what’s not, issue 08

by Chalkdust. Published on 18 October 2018.

Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.

HOT Placeholder text

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit…

NOT Writing actual content

Yawn.

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What’s hot and what’s not, issue 07

by Chalkdust. Published on 12 March 2018.

Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.

HOT The new Chalkdust T-shirt

Available on this very website!

 

NOT The old Chalkdust T-shirt

Available in charity shops throughout the midlands.

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What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 06

by Chalkdust. Published on 18 October 2017.

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

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What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 05

by Chalkdust. Published on 6 March 2017.

Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.

doge

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!

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What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 04

by Chalkdust. Published on 3 October 2016.

Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.

Mathematical crochet

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.

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What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 03

by Chalkdust. Published on 13 March 2016.

Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.

Five minutes on a clock

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.

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    Christmas puzzle #2: A Christmas nonogram

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