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\(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: aboutlogic

Katie Steckles
23m ago

In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Deniz & Thorsten, who host the aboutlogic channel. Channel title: aboutlogicLink: youtube.com/@aboutlogicTopics covered: Philosophy, logic, and mathematicsAverage video length:…

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Colin Beveridge
5d ago

Double Maths First Thing is grateful to Past Colin’s organisation. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and love of mathematics, even when deadlines are tight. Fortunately, I anticipated this might happen and prepared my links last week. Over the weekend, the Pseudorandom Ensemble had…

Colin Beveridge
12d ago

Double Maths First Thing is not, and has never been, down with the kids. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread joy and delight in maths, puzzles and problem-solving. I’m just back from a week in Germany, where the highlight was the Heinz Nixdorf Museumsforum in Paderborn,…

Colin Beveridge
19d ago

Double Maths First Thing gets its kicks on a.19792ish Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and love in doing maths, figuring stuff out, getting stuck and getting unstuck again. You’ll need to forgive a slightly brief end-of-summer DMFT; it’s the sort of week where…

\(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: Ellie Sleightholm

Katie Steckles
21d ago

In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Ellie Sleightholm about her YouTube channel, on which she posts roughly once a week to share the beauty in…

Colin Beveridge
26d ago

Double Maths First Thing has an army of clones Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and delight of working things out. I had a delightful chat with young Bill about complex numbers and matrices and noticed that the difference between him and most of…

Colin Beveridge
8/5/2026

Double Maths First Thing is square in hex AND decimal! Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to share the joy and love in mathematics, to show that it’s more than the mindless memorisation of arbitrary rules. Guess who nearly got sucked into a 6 ÷ 2 × 3…

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Carnival of Maths 253

Colin Beveridge
8/4/2026

The next issue of the Carnival of Mathematics, rounding up blog posts from the months of June and July 2026, is now online courtesy of Robin Whitty at Theorem of the Day. The Carnival rounds up maths blog posts from all over the internet, including some from our own Aperiodical. See our Carnival of Mathematics page for more…

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Aperiodical News Roundup – July 2026

Katie Steckles
8/1/2026

Here’s a short round-up of maths news from this month. The 2026 Fields medals have been awarded to Yu Deng, John Pardon, Jacob Tsimerman and Hong Wang. The Fields Medal is awarded to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement, and this year’s winners work across PDEs, symplectic…

Colin Beveridge
7/29/2026

Double Maths First Thing is somewhat ready to rock Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and love in mathematics, the pleasure of puzzling things out and getting people to notice the sense of satisfaction that comes from everything clicking into place at once. I’ve…

\(-e^{i\pi}\) to Watch: MathsWithKala

Katie Steckles
7/27/2026

In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Kala, who has an Instagram channel called MathsWithKala. What is your channel about, and when/why did it start? MathsWithKala…

Colin Beveridge
7/22/2026

Double Maths First Thing doesn’t fear the REAPER Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread mathematical joy and surprise. This week is full of leavers’ assemblies and general end-of-term commitments, so you’ll forgive me for keeping it brief. Links Let’s start at EMF, which (for various good…

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Colin Beveridge
7/15/2026

Double Maths First Thing has an open mic spreadsheet Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread mathematical joy and delight in figuring stuff out. I did some lovely science last week, full on hypothesis-experiment-eureka! and an immediate improvement in my client’s model. It was either that or…

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