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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
Math Without Numbers
We review the sixth of this year’s nominees for the Book of the Year
Book of the Year 2020
We announce the winner of this coveted prize
The birth of the Fields medal
Who is behind the so-called Nobel prize of mathematics? Gerda Grase investigates.
Chalkdust issue 11 puzzle hunt #3
David Sheard sets the third puzzle. Can you solve it?
Constructing a sphere with 455 cups
Paper cups do not follow a hexagonal pattern and the cones do not meet at a single point, but they do make a gigantic sphere

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