btr2 - Chalkdust

A selfie of Kat and three of her colleagues, with their backs to the stage in a theatre

The Behind the Research team

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.

Chalkdust dissertation prize
Calling all final-year students!
The big argument: What’s the best way to end a proof?
QED or $\square$?
Issue 12
Independent Sage's Christina Pagel, hyperbolic mindfulness and make-your-own Markov tweet feature in our autumn 2020 edition. Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
Four ways Photoshop encourages thinking mathematically
How processes used in image editing are related to mathematics!
Finding the edge of your images
How can we identify objects in photos, to diagnose cancer or predict the weather? Using gradients!
Optimal Pac-Man
Matthew Scroggs spends too much time beating this arcade classic.