# Top Ten: Chalkdust regulars

This issue, Top Ten features the top ten Chalkdust regulars! Then vote here on the top ten issues of Chalkdust for issue 10!

At 10, it’s the page you probably didn’t use to find this page: the contents page.
At 9, it’s the big block of text on the page that no-one looks at: the editorial.
Did you know that the online vote is the reason that did you know made it to number 8?
At 7, but about to move to 14 as an infinite number of people have arrived, it’s Hilbert’s hotel: the game.
At 6, it’s the puzzles page. Can you work out why it’s so popular?
At 5, and causing a moderate amount of recursion, it’s top ten.
At 4, despite being deemed not hot, it’s what’s hot and what’s not.
Storming back into the top ten after not being seen since issue 03, it’s the horoscope.

### Dear Dirichlet,

what is the second most popular Chalkdust regular?

Dirichlet says: No idea.

Topping the pops this issue, it’s the crossnumber.

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# Top Ten: Units of measurement

This issue, Top Ten features the top ten units of measurement! Then vote here on the top ten Chalkdust regulars for issue 09!

At 10, it’s the Zappa.
At 9, and selling one tenth of the number of copies that number 6 sold: it’s a millimetre.
At 8, and not receiving much radio play due to being far longer than the rest of the top ten: it’s a furlong.
Following warm reviews from critics, degrees Celsius enters the top ten at 7.
The new single by no-one’s favourite rapper 50 Centimetre is at 6.
At 5, it’s the Yardbirds tribute act whose members are all 8.5cm taller than the originals: the Metrebirds.
Following the release of its 51st anniversary deluxe edition, The Velvet Underground and Picometre is at 4.
At 3, and selling 273.15 more copies than this issue’s number 7: it’s Kelvin Harris.
Image: Wikimedia commons user Martinvl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forced up two places from last issue, it’s the Newton.
Topping the pops this issue, it’s dimensionless constants.

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# Top Ten: Mathematical celebration days

This issue, Top Ten features the top ten mathematical celebration days! Then vote here on the top ten units for Issue 08!

Reentering the top ten, it’s the day of monthly MathsJam: the second last Tuesday of the month.

At 9 this issue, the favorite day of fans of the American date format and decimals: Pi day (14 March).

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# Top 10 emoji for use in mathematics

Maths loves symbols. Everyone loves emoji. It’s 2017 and time we brought the two together. To get you started, here are our top ten emoji for use in mathematics!

## 10.

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Don’t leave home without one: it’s the nifty 45° set square. What better reminder is there that
$$\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right) = \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}, \qquad \cos\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right) = \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}, \qquad \tan\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right) = 1 \quad ?$$

## 9.

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Perfect for popping over a letter to make it a vector, it’s the bow and arrow: