Editorial: Go, Forecasts, Faults and Puzzles
Mathematics Today
The ancient Chinese game of Go and is considered to be the oldest board game that has been played continuously […]
Exploring Steiner Chains with Möbius Transformations
Mathematics Today
In this article, we use circular gardens, Steiner’s porism and Möbius transformations to construct Steiner chains of tangential circles. We […]
Nobel Prize for Detecting Gravitational Waves
Mathematics Today
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three US researchers, Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip […]
Urban Maths: The Betz You Can Do?
Mathematics Today
About three years ago two wind turbines were erected not far from where I live. For two years they did […]
Fifth Most Influential Black Person in the UK
Mathematics Today
The Institute’s Vice President for Professional Affairs and Industry, Dr Nira Chamberlain CMath CSci FIMA, is fifth on the 2018 […]
Improving Mathematics Education
Mathematics Today
What can we learn from 25 years of mathematics support? We are deeply honoured and delighted to receive the IMA […]
Gravitational Waves: a New Window on the Universe
Mathematics Today
The first ever direct detection of gravitational waves from two black holes [1] was made by the LIGO and Virgo […]
Designing Interplanetary Transfers
Mathematics Today
Leaving Earth and arriving at another planet or asteroid requires a spacecraft to implement a sequence of manoeuvres. These include […]
Maryam Mirzakhani and her work
Mathematics Today
Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win the International Mathematical Union’s premier prize the Fields medal, died aged 40 on […]
Editorial, October 2017
Mathematics Today
When the Babylonians practiced their astronomy during and after the First Babylonian Dynasty (c. 1830 BC), they were the first […]