Articles by Eleanor Doman
Eleanor is a maths PhD student at UCL. She is interested in the applications of mathematical modelling to biological and medical problems.
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Page 3 model: Game of Thrones
Using graph theory to predict who will sit the iron throne
Modelling blood
Blood is exceptionally complicated and its composition varies from person to person. So how do we begin to model it?
Page 3 model: Frictional unemployment
Modelling unemployment using simple differential equations!
Surname extinction
Why do surnames die out? We take a look at the Galton-Watson process for modelling the extinction of surnames to answer the question: 'When will we all be Smiths?'
Christmas conundrum #3
Try our nonograms! And remember, not all puzzles have a unique solution...
Why maps are wrong
If only the Earth were flat...
The Drake equation
Is there life on Mars? Or anywhere else?