From Mudslides to Custard: the Maths of Slurries
Suspensions of solid particles in a liquid occur just about everywhere, from mudslides to coal slurries and custard to paint. […]
New IMA Executive Director, Rosalind Azouzi
Being passionate about the role that professional bodies play in society, providing benchmarks for professional standards which celebrate knowledge, competence, […]
Mathematical Results – do names matter?
The negative aspects of history have never seemed so important to so many. A statue of a merchant who profited […]
Westward Ho! Conway, Concorde and Curiously Curved Coins
A chance meeting at a table tennis match, as recalled by Alan Champneys in his latest feature, led him down […]
Historical Notes: Oughtred and the Slide Rule
I have written before on the subject of the invention of logarithms by Napier, and their development by Briggs into […]
On the Nature of Mathematics
The trouble with idle thoughts is that they don’t always stay idle. Sometimes, they can take on a life of […]
Interview with Professor Paul Glendinning FRSE FIMA
Paul Glendinning is the IMA President for 2022–2023. He is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester, […]
Could Mathematics Be Big at the Box Office?
Since the 1890s, storytelling through moving images has gripped audiences across the globe. In post-war Britain, desperate to feel the […]
P&SC Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms Webinar
It cannot have escaped the attention of IMA members that the use of mathematical models, and associated algorithms, has had […]
Online Teaching and Learning
In July 2017 a one-day meeting was held in honour of the late Professor John Blake. Those fortunate enough to […]