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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.

Top Ten: mathematical pets
The undisputed top ten mathematical pets this season
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 15 – Coming 25 May
Roll up, roll up! Squid Game, hidden harmonies and DnD coming your way in Issue 15. (Plus all the usual nonsense.)
The maths behind a chip goal
We analyse the maths and physics required to execute a good chip shot
Cracking the Guess Who? board game
Maths and Decision Theory to be the best at playing Guess Who?
You can count on Dirichlet
Counting the divisors of an integer turns out to be a rather hard problem