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    13 August 2026

    The Basics of Practical Optimization (Second Edition)

    Ogbonna E. Nnamuchi

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    7 August 2026

    Graph Theory in America: The First Hundred Years

    Christopher D. Hollings FIMA

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    28 November 2025

    The Einstein–Klein–Gordon Coupled System: Global Stability of the Minkowski Solution

    Hollis Williams

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    21 August 2025

    Sparse Polynomial Approximation of High-Dimensional Functions

    Rob Ashmore CMath CSci FIMA, Dstl

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    15 August 2025

    Mathematical Intelligence: What We Have That Machines Don’t

    Richila Chamling

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    27 September 2024

    The Best Writing on Mathematics 2021

    Ioanna Georgiou CMathTeach FIMA

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    29 November 2023

    The Arithmetic of Polynomial Dynamical Pairs

    John Bartlett CMath MIMA

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    16 November 2023

    Methods in Computational Science

    Kenny Green AMIMA

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    10 August 2023

    Number Systems: A Path into Rigorous Mathematics

    Laurence Nicholas CMath FIMA

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    17 May 2023

    The Fate of Schrödinger’s Cat

    Rob Ashmore CMath CSci FIMA Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

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