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1 January 2025
2025 is exactly 45×45. The last square year was 1936 (44×44), and the next will be 2116 (46×46). So let’s make this year a good one! Happy New Year everybody. Wishing you a year of happiness, joy and maths!
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26 December 2024
Whether its bringing us a step closer to creating a Grand Unified Theory of mathematics, understanding randomness in our universe, the astonishing advances of AI in maths or even just discovering a new prime number, there have been so many great achievements in the world of maths over the past year.
24 December 2024
Everyone at Maths Society wishes you all the best this festive season! However you mark Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the New Year or the December Solstice, make sure to spread the love, joy and knowledge of maths far and wide.
2 December 2024
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?
19 November 2024
Can you move three disks from one post to another?
News
5 November 2024
You can now sign up to receive a free monthly newsletter from us and become a member of our ever-growing online Maths Society community.
31 October 2024
Everyone at Maths Society wishes you a very happy Halloween! We marked the occasion with a ghoulish maths-inspired pumpkin…
28 August 2024
Maths Society has launched Mathsounds, a podcast made by students, dedicated to bringing the joy and knowledge of the world of maths to everyone. In our first episode, which you can now listen to on our website, we explore the concept of Pi, and whether it is the most important constant in mathematics.
Competitions
28 July 2024
Are you a student or school interested in participating in a UKMT Maths Challenge this coming academic year? Make sure you know how to sign up and when they take place.
25 July 2024
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.
