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The paths that NR follows if we start at the blue, green, and orange dots: the winning attractor is evidently not always the root closest to the initial condition

Clare Wallace

Clare (like gare) is a Chalkdust editor. In her spare time, she’s an assistant professor at Durham University. She likes Skittles, probability, and making the magazine look more like Cosmo.

In conversation with Alison Etheridge
Elinor Flavell talks to the recently appointed dame about life, mathematics and more.
Chalkdust dissertation prize
Calling all final-year students!
The big argument: What’s the best way to end a proof?
QED or $\square$?
Page 3 model: Crowd control
Modelling a Saturday afternoon on Oxford Street
On the cover: dragon curves
Read more about the fire-breathing curves that appear on the cover of issue 05
What’s your favourite number?
Favourite numbers for many are linked to birthdays or anniversaries, but here is our take on the question