Issue 02 was released in October 2015. Enjoy the articles online or scroll down to view the magazine as a PDF.
Features
John Forbes Nash: the legacy
Exploring the legacy of John Nash (1928 – 2015)
Fermat Point by Suman Vaze
The maths behind Issue 02's cover
In conversation with Artur Avila
Chatting with a Fields Medallist in a Leicester Square pub
The joys of the Jacobian
Robert Smith? tells us how his favourite matrix saves lives
The Mpemba paradox
Why does warm water freeze faster than cold water?
Breaking out of the prisoner’s dilemma
What happens if you play the prisoners' dilemma against yourself?
The perils of p-values
David Colquhoun explains why more discoveries are false than you thought
Roots: All things being equal
The story of how we got the equals sign
Fractograms
Hugh Duncan explores the hidden patterns of fractions
Fun
Dear Dirichlet, Issue 02
Moonlighting agony uncle Professor Dirichlet answers your personal problems.
Top Ten: Mathematical symbols
It's time to reveal the Top Ten Symbols in Algebra!
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 02
We tell you what's popular in the world of maths, so you can get ahead of the curve!
Comic: The Inverse Homotopy, part 1
Continue the journey of the Inverse Homotopy...
Page 3 model: The Duckworth–Lewis method
Meet the Duckworth-Lewis method, 23, from Lancashire
Prize crossnumber, Issue 02
Win £100 in our famous original crossnumber
Puzzles, Issue 02
These puzzles appeared in Issue 02 of the magazine.
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