Book - Chalkdust

Carmen is doing a PhD in applied mathematics at UCL with a focus on mathematical modelling of complex systems in urban environments. She enjoys maths outreach, eating cheese naan, and has been working for Chalkdust since 2017.

Dear Dirichlet, Issue 17
Canines, Cliff Richard and conditioning find their way into the prof's postbox this issue.
Artificial music
Carmen Cabrera Arnau explores the use of AI in composition
Review: Power in numbers — the rebel women of mathematics
Celebrate International Women's day by reading about rebel women in mathematics!
Pretty pictures in the complex plane
Contemplate the beauty of the Julia and Mandelbrot sets and an elegant mathematical explanation of them
Should you buy a Valentine’s day present?
For those of you tackling this dilemma, here's your answer...
Changing the status quo
Difficulties in designing a voting system for referenda