What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 23

Maths is a fickle world. Stay à la mode with our guide to the latest trends.

Obama has confirmed they’re real. How to cite in your dissertation: ‘private correspondence’.

Inventing notation you’ve never used since 2025. Good luck when the free trial runs out.

Also doubles as the sun for those of us who have forgotten what it looks like.

We don’t need to see where you keep your double angle identities.

I mean, you could plot that graph in Matplotlib, but then the font size wouldn’t quite match and the colours wouldn’t be consistent…

You don’t need another woven basket anyway.

Ten-second videos really are the best way to learn any idea. Then you can go watch golden retrievers being cute.

Tut tut.

The only impact we care about is the one with Bruce Willis and the asteroid. What do you mena, that was a different film?

Will Meredith and McDreamy make it this time? Only one way to find out.

You weren’t there, man.

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