Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.
HOT The 10-issue challenge
We challenge you to write an article for issue 10 of Chalkdust.
NOT The 10-year challenge
What’s so special about base 10 anyway?
Category Archives: What’s hot and what’s not
What’s hot and what’s not, issue 08
Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.
HOT Placeholder text
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit…
NOT Writing actual content
Yawn.
What’s hot and what’s not, issue 07
Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.
NOT The old Chalkdust T-shirt
Available in charity shops throughout the midlands.
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 06
Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.
HOT Crossnumbers
Everywhere now, including the Times and of course, Chalkdust Issue 06.
[Picture: Héctor Rodriguez, CC BY-NC 2.0]
NOT Sudoku
They’re all exactly the same. I say su-no-ku
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 05
Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.
HOT Maths memes
Even better if they’re royalty-free images, because it’s not cool to steal other folks’ cartoon-based work
NOT Twitter
Used to be full of fun maths; now full of people declaring the end of the world. Sad!
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 04
Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.
HOT Mathematical crochet
Hyperbolic surfaces! Klein bottles! Impress fellow passengers with your DIY manifolds!
[Picture: Flickr user Pandaeskimo, CC BY-NC 3.0]
NOT Paper Möbius strips
As Dirichlet says, Möbius strips should be band.
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 03
Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.
HOT 5-minute talks
Show us your coolest stuff and let us chat to you later.
NOT 40-minute conference snores
You lost everyone after that entire page of algebra, mate.
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 02
Python
from jokes import jokes_about_python print(jokes_about_python)
Fortran
We don’t use punch cards any more. Why are you still using a language designed for them?!
This is Fortran. We’re not kidding. (Source)
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 01
“A blackboard, for a mathematician, is an unrivalled way to communicate” – Cédric Villani, Fields Medallist 2010
▲ Blackboards
The mathematical equivalent of a Little Black Dress. Blackboards will never go out of style.
▼ E-learning systems
In the immortal words of the Black Eyed Peas, interactive whiteboards are so two thousand and late.