Urban Maths: Tipping Point
Mathematics Today
The motivating question Why is it always the full glasses that get knocked over? That question was posed after a […]
Wiles Wins the World’s Oldest Scientific Prize
Mathematics Today
Professor Sir Andrew Wiles of the University of Oxford is the 2017 recipient of the Copley Medal, the Royal Society’s […]
The Debate about Algorithms
Mathematics Today
Algorithms, word, affect practically every aspect of our daily lives. Algorithms decide which advertisements are shown on in both the […]
Editorial, August 2017
Mathematics Today
After 20 years of outstanding service, Graham Hoare has retired as Letters Editor for Mathematics Today. He brought much expertise […]
IMA AGM Minutes 2017
Governance
A draft version of the minutes of the Fifty-Third Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, […]
Urban Maths: Picturing the Zeta Function
Mathematics Today
Travelling from the outskirts to the centre of town I’m bombarded with posters: in shop windows, on hoardings, on walls, […]
Cracking in Nuclear Graphite
Mathematics Today
Advanced gas cooled reactors (AGRs) have provided a major contribution to the security of the UK’s electricity supply for four […]
Mathematics for Glass Manufacture
Mathematics Today
Doireann O’Kiely was awarded the IMA Lighthill-Thwaites Prize at the British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC), held at the University of […]
Editorial, June 2017
Mathematics Today
Ursula Martin’s article in the last issue was particularly topical in celebrating the impact of mathematics upon society. Although I […]
Maths, Teamwork and Googlies
Mathematics Today
The 2016 IMA-LMS Christopher Zeeman Medal was awarded to Rob Eastaway for excellence in the promotion of mathematics to the […]