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Tom is a PhD student in the UCL Physics Department, simulating atomic collisions. He likes to think that what he does ‘technically counts as maths.’
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How to be the least popular American president
Francisco Berkemeier takes a look at the mathematics behind elections, and the Electoral College, in the United States of America.
On the cover: Hydrogen orbitals
Find out more about the weird shapes on the cover of Issue 08
Integration: It’s more than the sum of its parts
Defining what exactly an integral is leads naturally to an explanation of how to handle approximating them.
Machine learning 101
Start your quest to conquer the planet with this introduction to the wonderful world of machine learning
Closing the first Black Mathematician Month
Reflecting on what we've learnt over the past few weeks.
The n days of Christmas
Get into the ChristMATHS spirit with the maths behind the popular Christmas carol!