Issue 19 was released to the world in May 2024. Enjoy the articles online or scroll down to view the magazine as a PDF.
Features
In conversation with Jens Marklof
Bethany Clarke and Enric Solé-Farré chat to the professor and new president of the London Mathematical Society about academia, access and awards
Markov unchained
Ashleigh Wilcox looks for integer solutions to the Markov equation
Significant figures: Sofya Kovalevskaya
Nora Koparan tells the story of the first female professor of mathematics
A daredevil’s disaster
Donovan Young goes round the bend exploring what happens when the loop-the-loop goes wrong
We don’t talk about the integers
Simone Ramello explores the hic sunt leones of the friendliest numbers we know...
A day in the life: teachers
We talk to three teachers, working in different countries
It’s a particle… It’s a wave… No, it’s a soliton!
Ricky Li explores the past and future of the soliton
Twist and shout! …and we’re fresh out of shout*
Henry Jaspars tries to untangle a mixed-up drinks order
Forest fires
Steven Lockwood finds polygonal numbers hidden in a spreading fire
On the cover: skyrmions
Sven Bjarke Gudnason and Calum Ross introduce you to the wonderful world of skyrmions
Fun
Dear Dirichlet, Issue 19
Game shows, flight and social media bots are among the problems solved in this issue's Dear Dirichlet agony aunt column
Prize crossnumber, Issue 19
Can you solve it?
Which houseplant are you?
Find out by following our simple flowchart
Cryptic wordsearch, Issue 19
Can you solve it?
Poetry corner
Thankfully not by Torquil Farquhar de Smith
Top ten: Mathematical norms
The undisputed chart of the best mathematical norms this season
The zero knowledge proof, Issue 19
We ask someone who doesn't work as a mathematician to rule on unsolved conjectures
Book of the Year 2023
We announce the winners of this coveted prize
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 19
Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
The big argument: What’s the best way to end a proof?
QED or $\square$?
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