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A wavefunction changing its phase

Sam is a maths student at Durham University where he hosts
Chalkboard Ultra podcast and spends too much time thinking about the Standard Model and Mexican hats. If he’s not pestering Adam then he can definitely be found playing the keytar in a funk band completely unrelated to quantum field theory.

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A symmetric universe
Sam Kay reflects on building a universe
The big argument: Should we write another issue?
How much barrel is left to scrape?
The big argument: What’s the best way to end a proof?
QED or $\square$?
Oπnions: Can a horse have an Erdős number?
Lucy Rycroft-Smith reflects on the use of this well-established measurement
The mathematics of Black Panther
Nira Chamberlain explains how Black Panther's suit can be modelled mathematically