Hidden Figures and the Impact of Mathematics
The 2016 film Hidden Figures tells the powerful story of a group of female African-American mathematicians who worked on the […]
Tesco-IMA Maths Career Information Day
I attended the Tesco-IMA Maths Career Information event in London. As a third-year student, I have no idea what I […]
Urban Maths: How to W!
Rain, storms, floods, overflowing drains; we cannot get away from them be it summer or winter. Trying, unsuccessfully, to avoid […]
Editorial, February 2017
Happy Valentine’s Day from all on the Editorial Board! Many of us celebrate love and romance on 14 February, but […]
Editorial, December 2016
While on holiday in Italy three years ago, my wife and I visited a magnificent exhibition of arts and crafts […]
Can One Shape the Sound of a Drum?
Just 50 years ago, the Polish mathematician Kac [1] posed the intriguing question, ‘Can one hear the shape of a […]
Playing Tennis without Envy
A group of friends organizes their tennis games by submitting each their availability over the weekdays. They want to obtain […]
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Duncan Haldane, Michael Kosterlitz and David Thouless, three British theoretical physicists […]
Network Models of Route Choice
1 Introduction Network models are used in transport studies to explore the effects of individual travellers’ route choice. These model […]
On the Right Track: Optimisation Models for Railway Planning
There are one million kilometres of railways in the world servicing over three trillion () passenger-kilometres per year. From urban […]











