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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.

How Polish cryptographers first broke the unbreakable cipher
Kimi Chen deciphers the 1920s story you haven’t heard
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!
Crossnumber winners, Issue 08
Did you solve it?
The science behind Santa Claus
Christmas is coming, and Santa will soon begin his journey. We analyse the science and maths behind his trip.
The mathematics of tea-making
When-to-add-milk confusion and other related matters