Issue 01 was released in March 2015. Enjoy the articles online or scroll down to view the magazine as a PDF.
Features
Optimal Pac-Man
Matthew Scroggs spends too much time beating this arcade classic.
Reinventing 2D: What a difference a matrix makes
How derivatives of matrices are being used in your day-to-day lives
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.
In conversation with Hannah Fry
On the mathematics of love, communicating maths to the public, and women in maths.
A Fields Medal at UCL: Klaus Roth
Klaus Roth and his work
The Symposium of the Muses
The resultant art is the outcome and purpose that elevates and distinguishes the science.
Interstellar travel: the mathematics of wormholes
Matthew Wright looks at wormholes in sci-fi
Fun
Puzzles, Issue 01
These puzzles appeared in Issue 01 of the magazine.
Page 3 model: When zombies attack
Every issue we feature another great model on page 3 of our magazine. This time we look at what to do when zombies attack.
Dear Dirichlet, Issue 01
Moonlighting agony uncle Professor Dirichlet answers our readers' personal problems.
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 01
Be the envy of your friends with our guide to what's hot in maths right now
Top Ten: Mathematicians’ haircuts
The undisputed Top Ten Mathematicians' Haircuts!
£100 Prize Crossnumber, Issue 01
Our original £100 prize crossnumber. Download and enjoy!Puzzle solutions, Issue 01
These solutions relate to puzzles found in Issue 01 of the magazine.
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