Articles by Sam Porritt

  • Closing the Gap

    Closing the Gap

    A review of Vicky Neale's new book about the quest to understand prime numbers.
  • A few of Euler’s masterpieces

    A few of Euler’s masterpieces

    ``Read Euler, read Euler, he is the master of us all." -- Laplace. An invitation to join us in celebrating Euler's 311th birthday by appreciating a few of his great contributions to mathematics.
  • Let them share cake

    Let them share cake

    Or, how a simple problem can get very complicated, very quickly...
  • Primes à la Euler

    Primes à la Euler

    Infinitely many primes ending in 1, 3, 7 and 9 proved in typically Eulerian style.
  • Mike Jordan on machine learning

    Mike Jordan on machine learning

    Undoubtedly the most influential voice on this hottest of hot topics.
  • In conversation with Chris Budd

    In conversation with Chris Budd

    We chat to one of the UK's most qualified voices in mathematics communication