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Carmen is doing a PhD in applied mathematics at UCL with a focus on mathematical modelling of complex systems in urban environments. She enjoys maths outreach, eating cheese naan, and has been working for Chalkdust since 2017.

Making a Möbius strip
Sophie Bleau chops up, unravels, and squeezes the torus into shape
Slaying the dragon
Callum Ilkiw takes us through a Dungeons and Dragons dice dilemma
How to Make the World Add Up
We review the third of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
Artificial music
Carmen Cabrera Arnau explores the use of AI in composition
Review: Power in numbers — the rebel women of mathematics
Celebrate International Women's day by reading about rebel women in mathematics!
On the cover: Chladni figures of a square drum
Find out more about the patterns on the cover of Issue 07