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Does a de Bruijn sequence exist for every length of rhyming pattern? Does every de Bruijn sequence form a cycle? How many universal poems are there of a given length?

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 Christopher Lillicrap
Adam Townsend and Clare Wallace talk to the children’s programme creator about writing for younger generations
Chalkdust dissertation prize 2025
Calling all final-year students! This is your opportunity to get your work published as a Chalkdust article.
Chalkdust dissertation prize
Calling all final-year students!
The big argument: What’s the best way to end a proof?
QED or $\square$?
On the cover: Regular tilings
Poppy Azmi explores the patterns that are all around us
Fermat Point by Suman Vaze
The maths behind Issue 02's cover