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John Conway
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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.

Significant figures: John Conway
The story of an unforgettable mathematician.
How to make: Ecki the polytope
Make your own Ecki
Complex numbers and algebra
Exploring the beauty of complex numbers, their origins and why they are important
Page 3 model: Frictional unemployment
Modelling unemployment using simple differential equations!
Page 3 model: Crowd control
Modelling a Saturday afternoon on Oxford Street
Fun with water bells
Explaining how surface tension makes water form surprising shapes

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Significant figures: John Conway

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Complex numbers and algebra

Page 3 model: Frictional unemployment

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Fun with water bells