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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.

Prize crossnumber, Issue 20
Can you solve it?
Who needs differentiation?
Paddy MacMahon calculates tangents and turning points without calculus
Artificial music
Carmen Cabrera Arnau explores the use of AI in composition
The scutoid: a geometric building block of life
In 2018, scientists discovered a new shape that is essential to multicellular life
Review: Power in numbers — the rebel women of mathematics
Celebrate International Women's day by reading about rebel women in mathematics!
Christmas cracker joke II
This post was part of the Chalkdust 2016 Advent Calendar. Newton: "Are you going to the Fibonacci themed Christmas party?" Euler: "Yes! I heard it's going to be as big as the two previous years put together."