map40c - Chalkdust

Allowing more candidates results in a bizarre, yet possible popular vote differences for different numbers of candidates. Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors.

Jakob Stein

Jakob is a PhD student and mathematician from London and works mainly in differential geometry. In his spare time, he likes to draw, and think about mathematics in art.

Page 3 model: The potato Earth
How Kelvin estimated the age of the Earth by thinking about a baked potato
Page 3 model: Woollen jumpers
How did your favourite sweater become so big? And how big can it get?
Correction: Who is the best England manager?
Paddy provides a much anticipated update to the most important use of statistical analysis in the last two years
Significant figures: John Conway
The story of an unforgettable mathematician.
How can we tell that 2≠1?
Maynard manages to prove that 2≠1 in less space than it took Bertrand Russell to prove that 1+1=2
Adventures in Chance-ylvania
High stakes gambling with Paula Rowińska