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Calum is a lecturer in physics at Edge Hill University where he studies topological solitons and enjoys talking about maths and physics to anyone who will listen. He can often be found on the side of a mountain or out on a bike, talking to himself about solitons.

Oπnions: In defence of toy models
Calum gets on his soap box about toy models
Issue 19
Drinks orders, integer mysteries and the new LMS president feature in our SS24 issue! Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
Cryptic wordsearch, Issue 19
Can you solve it?
On the cover: skyrmions
Sven Bjarke Gudnason and Calum Ross introduce you to the wonderful world of skyrmions
Sylvester’s convex hull problem in R
What is the probability that d+2 random points in d-dimensional space form a convex body? Investigating an old problem using modern methods.
The mathematics of Maryam Mirzakhani
We take a proper look at her mathematical accomplishments

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Issue 19

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On the cover: skyrmions

Sylvester’s convex hull problem in R

The mathematics of Maryam Mirzakhani