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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.

On the cover: cellular automata
Discover the meaning of the coloured squares on the cover of issue 13
Artificial music
Carmen Cabrera Arnau explores the use of AI in composition
$How to crochet a fractal$
How to crochet a fractal
This article will (unsurprisingly) tell you how to crochet a fractal
Review: Power in numbers — the rebel women of mathematics
Celebrate International Women's day by reading about rebel women in mathematics!
The history of pi
What is pi? How do we define it and who first thought of it? We explore the history of this quintessential mathematical constant.
Four things you didn’t notice in Issue 05
How many did you spot?