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Enric is a PhD student at Imperial and UCL. He works mostly with singularities in differential geometry, AKA when smooth things become pointy. When he’s not in his office, you can usually find him cooking or playing board games.

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
On the cover: cellular automata
Discover the meaning of the coloured squares on the cover of issue 13
Prize crossnumber, Issue 09
Win £100 of Maths Gear goodies by solving our famously fiendish crossnumber
Linear algebra… with diagrams
Rediscover linear algebra by playing with circuit diagrams
Page 3 model: Traffic flow
Ever been stuck in motorway traffic which seems to have no reason? A model for traffic flow explains why.
Will the Universe actually end in a big rip?
What the Guardian got wrong...