Council Matters
The most important decision at a meeting is not necessarily the one that occupies most time. IMA Council took less […]
Historical Notes: The Golden Slope of French Geometry – A Celebration of Monge’s Life
It is 200 years since the French mathematician Gaspard Monge (1746–1818) died, on 28 July. To me he is so […]
Westward Ho! Musing on Mathematics and Mechanics
Inspired by the village pageants that take place across the county of Cornwall to herald the coming of spring, this […]
A Doctor Writes…
Our Lives and Times Your Doctor has been thinking about life spans. Not least this has been caused by public […]
The Tale of an Overweight Mathematician…
I have decided to be rather honest in this article, and admit to the readers of emph Mathematics Today that […]
Ripples from a Splashing Drop
When Jordan Spieth failed to make the green on the 12th at Augusta in 2016 and saw his ball plunge […]
Westward Ho! Musing on Mathematics and Mechanics
A previous Westward Ho! [1] considered some of the fascinating mathematics associated with the mechanics of water waves. Here, inspired […]
Editorial, April 2018
On 15 March, the IMA and LMS jointly presented the 2017 David Crighton Medal to former IMA President Professor David […]
An Interview with Alistair Fitt, the New IMA President
Professor Alistair Fitt CMath CSci FIMA is Vice-Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University and President of the IMA for 2018 and […]
The Barcode Sequence
The broad remit of the UK Mathematics Trust (www.ukmt.org.uk) is ‘to advance the education of children and young people in mathematics’. […]











