These are all our features, where we discuss mathematics, it’s puzzles, problems and impacts.
Feature
2 December 2024 / 2 December 2024 by Nathan AG
This is the city of Königsberg in the 18th century. The problem was simple: Can you walk through the city and cross each bridge exactly once?
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19 November 2024 / 3 December 2024 by Etti B
Can you move three disks from one post to another?
Feature Maths News
25 July 2024 / 26 July 2024 by Charlton C
Following 12 days of intense mathematical competition at the 65th International Mathematical Olympiad, the United States topped the points table and won the competition for the ninth time, 2 points ahead of China. Here are the results from IMO 2024.
19 July 2024 / 29 October 2024 by Charlton C
All of the Maths Society’s coverage of the 65th International Mathematical Olympiad in Bath, the most prestigious mathematics competition in the world for pre-university students, including one of our own members’ attempt to reach the UK team. Find all the news from IMO 2024 here.
11 July 2024 / 25 July 2024 by Charlton C
The 65th International Mathematical Olympiad, IMO for short, is taking place at the University of Bath this summer, welcoming over 600 competitors from more than 110 countries to the most significant annual international olympiad in the world.
16 April 2024 / 10 November 2024 by Etti B
Why is it that if there are 23 people in a room, it is more likely than not that two of share share a birthday?
Events Feature
23 March 2024 / 30 October 2024 by Charlton C
The Maths Society recently ran a stall at a local Spring Fair, where we gave visitors the opportunity to win a jar of Maltesers in our Malteser Teaser Experiment. All they had to do was to calculate the most accurate estimate of how many Maltesers there were in the jar!
8 March 2024 / 26 July 2024 by Aarav S
What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day, or even International Women in Mathematics Day, than to learn about the enormous contribution women have made to mathematics! Here are a few female mathematicians you can celebrate:
12 November 2023 / 19 July 2024 by Charlton C
The International Mathematical Olympiad is a world championship maths competition for pre-university students and the oldest of the International Science Olympiads, and the most prestigious maths competition in the world.
4 September 2023 / 1 April 2024 by Charlton C
Creative bathroom tiling isn’t just a problem for DIY home renovators! It is also one of the hardest and most interesting problems in mathematics. Imagine a bathroom floor made up of black and white tiles. They are the same shape and fit together perfectly, so no overlaps or gaps. You are probably imagining rectangles or hexagons, something you might even have yourself, a ‘periodic’ pattern that will repeat forever. So is it possible to find an ‘aperiodic’ shape that will not repeat? Even if your bathroom went on forever?
2 September 2023 / 26 July 2024 by Charlton C
These are the top 10 teams currently competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad, ranked by medals.
16 August 2023 / 27 July 2024 by Charlton C
What do I know? Have I seen something like this before?
14 August 2023 / 31 October 2024 by Charlton C
All the details of the junior UKMT maths competitions.
The Monty Hall Problem is one of the most interesting logic puzzles around. It is named after Monty Hall, who hosted the American Gameshow Let’s Make a Deal, where there was a particular challenge that if players picked the right door from 3, they could win a car. (The other doors contain goats)
