loop7 - Chalkdust

A plane intersects the double cone in four ways producing a circle,
an ellipse, a parabola, and an hyperbola.

Ashleigh is a PhD student and graduate teaching assistant at the University of Leicester. Her main mathematical interests are in number theory. She is passionate about outreach and inclusion in mathematics, volunteers as a STEM ambassador and is a representative for the Piscopia Initiative.

The human mug
Potatoes, mugs and doughnuts with Ashleigh Ratcliffe.
In conversation with Robin Wilson
Ashleigh Wilcox and Ellen Jolley chat to the professor and maths communicator about books, the Open University and music
On the cover: Spirographs
Ashleigh Wilcox, Jenny Power and Rachel Evans show you how to draw pretty pictures
Markov unchained
Ashleigh Wilcox looks for integer solutions to the Markov equation
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