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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.

Notched edge cards
Joe Celko makes a database from card and knitting needles
Artificial music
Carmen Cabrera Arnau explores the use of AI in composition
Review of Problem Solving in GCSE Mathematics
We have a go at the puzzles in Daniel Griller’s new book
Review: Power in numbers — the rebel women of mathematics
Celebrate International Women's day by reading about rebel women in mathematics!
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.
Top Ten: Mathematicians’ haircuts
The undisputed Top Ten Mathematicians' Haircuts!