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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.

What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 13
Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
Significant figures: John Conway
The story of an unforgettable mathematician.
Complex numbers and algebra
Exploring the beauty of complex numbers, their origins and why they are important
Hedy Lamarr: Hollywood star and secret inventor
James Grime gets intimate with 'the most beautiful woman in the world' from the golden age of Hollywood
The Housekeeper and the Professor
Memory and maths in the modern world
Somewhere over the rainbow
Some mathematical questions you might have wondered every time you look at one of those rainbows

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