Articles by Matthew Scroggs
Matthew Scroggs is a PhD student at UCL working on finite and boundary element methods. His website, mscroggs.co.uk, is full of maths and now features a video of him completing a level of Pac-Man optimally.
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Review of Problem Solving in GCSE Mathematics
We have a go at the puzzles in Daniel Griller’s new book
Prize crossnumber, Issue 09
Win £100 of Maths Gear goodies by solving our famously fiendish crossnumber
On the cover: Harriss spiral
Find out more about the spiral trees on the cover of Issue 09Crossnumber winners, Issue 08
Did you solve it?
Carnival of Mathematics 162
This month’s round up of mathematical blog posts from all over the internetCrossnumber winners, Issue 07
Did you solve it?
Review of Galois Knot Theory
A thrilling review of this truly enlightening book
The new Chalkdust T-shirt
Have you been wondering what the pattern on it means?
Power-up review
"Unlocking the hidden mathematics in video games"Crossnumber winners, Issue 06
Did you solve it?
Solution to Christmas conundrum #4
... and the winners
Christmas conundrum #4
Can you solve four puzzles to reveal the hidden message?
Christmas conundrum #2
Solve this and you could be the lucky winner of a signed copy of The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus
Christmas conundrum #1
Solve this and you could be the lucky winner of a Chalkdust T-shirt
MathsJam 2017
Chalkdust descends upon the UK's largest pop maths gathering and tells you what you missedCrossnumber winners, Issue 05
Did you win?
Review of Elastic Numbers
We have a go at the puzzles in Daniel Griller's new book
On the cover: dragon curves
Read more about the fire-breathing curves that appear on the cover of issue 05
Seven things you didn’t notice in Issue 04
How many did you spot?
Crossnumber winners, issue 04
Are you a winner?
Advent puzzles IV
Behind today's door... a puzzle!
The Chalkdust Christmas card
This year's Chalkdust puzzle Christmas card
Advent puzzles III
Behind today's door... a puzzle!Advent puzzles II
Behind today's door... a puzzle!Advent puzzles I
Behind the second door of the advent calendar, there is a puzzle
Visualising mathematics with 3D printing
Using modern technology to understand geometry
Puzzle Solutions, Issue 04
Warning: Contains SPOILERS!
Maths at EMF camp
Exploring the maths on offer at this year's UK hacker festival.Crossnumber winners, issue 03
Are you a winner?
Answers to puzzles about calculus
Were you a Choco Leibniz or a Fig Newton?Puzzles about calculus
Can you solve these puzzles about differentiation and integration?Mini crossnumber
All the fun of our prize crossnumber, just smaller and without a prizeCarnival of Mathematics 133
This month's round up of mathematical blog posts.Issue 03 launch quiz answers
How many did you get right?
Issue 03 launch quiz
How many points could you have scored at our launch quiz?
The Mathematical Games of Martin Gardner
The great contributions of the man who started popular mathematicsChristmas puzzles
Something for you to solve during the post-Christmas lull
Crossnumber winners
Are you a winner?
How to make: Christmas Special
Making gingerbread Platonic solids, Fröbel stars and Christmas flexagons
@mathslogicbot
Explaining the tautological Twitter botPuzzle Solutions, Issue 02
These solutions relate to puzzles found in Issue 02 of the magazine.
How to kick a conversion
Where should you choose to take a conversion kick from?
How much will I win on the new National Lottery?
What difference will an extra 10 balls make?Puzzles, Issue 02
These puzzles appeared in Issue 02 of the magazine.Answers to “Can you solve these puzzles?”
This page contains the answers to these puzzles.Can you solve these puzzles?
While we work on issue 2Answers to puzzles on square grids
These are the answers to the puzzles which appeared in this blog post.How to make: Platonic solids from tube maps
Impress your friends! As presented in our Talkdust show.
Puzzles on square grids
How to make Sudoku more interesting
What makes a good puzzle?
If you enjoyed Hannah's sweets then you'll love these...
For the love of puzzles
Pub ✕ maths = ?
Introducing the Chalkdust blog
We have some fantastic blog articles, and this is how we plan to publish them.
Optimal Pac-Man
Matthew Scroggs spends too much time beating this arcade classic.