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I’m counting on it
Joe Celko looks at four different abacuses used throughout history
In conversation with Martin Hairer
We talk to the Fields medallist about his life, his work and his advice to his younger self.
Christmas puzzle #2: A Christmas nonogram
Puzzle #2 in our 2020 Christmas puzzle series
Curiosities of linearly ordered sets
Andrei Chekmasov explores order and infinity
Carnival of Mathematics 162
This month’s round up of mathematical blog posts from all over the internet
Roots: Pythagoras of Samos
Pythagoras gave us so much more than a² + b² = c²