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Jamie is a second year mathematics student at Christ’s College Cambridge. His main interests are in group theory, number theory, and a touch of algebraic geometry.

Easy to state, hard to prove: The Collatz conjecture
90 years later, we're still unable to prove this surprisingly simple statement
Significant figures: John Conway
The story of an unforgettable mathematician.
Artificial music
Carmen Cabrera Arnau explores the use of AI in composition
Complex numbers and algebra
Exploring the beauty of complex numbers, their origins and why they are important
How many cups does it take to make a sphere?
The Chalkdust team set you a challenge, for which the prize is a £25 Amazon voucher...
Roots: All things being equal
The story of how we got the equals sign