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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.

Chalkdust issue 14 – Coming 22 November
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Artificial music
Carmen Cabrera Arnau explores the use of AI in composition
How to make: tessellating shortbread
Tasty and mathematical
Review: Power in numbers — the rebel women of mathematics
Celebrate International Women's day by reading about rebel women in mathematics!
Is it possible to reach absolute zero?
After 100 years, a key postulate of the third law of thermodynamics has been proven. We meet Lluis Masanes, one of the researchers responsible.
Hunting for polydivisibles
The search for polydivisible numbers in different bases: how many can you find?