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Splitting the octahedron into 12 hexahedra

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
Chalkdust issue 11 puzzle hunt #3
David Sheard sets the third puzzle. Can you solve it?
Launch day puzzle hunt
Celebrate the launch of issue 11 by taking part in our puzzle hunt
Dear Dirichlet, Issue 11
Grant applications, musical media and last-minute Olympics training are the topics readers have sent in to the professor's postbox this issue
The pipe singularity
In the Aztec city of Atzlan, the scientist Remotep makes a revolutionary discovery
Spherical Dendrite by Mark J Stock
The story behind Issue 3's cover artwork

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