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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.

Formal sums
Nik Alexandrakis explains what they are and what they can tell us
Hello Numbers! What Can You Do?
We review the sixth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
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!
Prize crossnumber, Issue 08
Win £100 of Maths Gear goodies by solving our famously fiendish crossnumber
A counterintuitive result in the theory of traffic flow
Additional roads do not imply faster travel times!