Tony's Maths Blog

A very occasional blog about maths things which interest me.

Sunday, 29 March 2020

Self-referential humour

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I' am one of these annoying people who loves self-reference.  I had a sign saying "Why can't anyone these days do anything prop...
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Saturday, 22 February 2020

A brilliant solution to the Tower of Hanoi

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I have always underestimated the interest value of the Tower of Hanoi problem.  If you don;t remember the puzzle, there are three positions ...
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Sunday, 12 January 2020

Thoughts on Hannah Fry's Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

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Another New Year, another resolution to write more blog posts.  We'll see. A mathematician delivering the Royal Institution Christmas ...
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Saturday, 15 June 2019

Looking forward to the Festival of Mathematics

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So in ten days time the University is hosting Greenwich Maths Time, the 2019 IMA Festival of Mathematics and its Applications.  The Festival...
Sunday, 8 July 2018

The Big Internet MathOff

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The Big Internet MathOff is now taking place.  Sixteen mathematicians are competing in a knock-out tournament to present the most interesti...
Sunday, 20 May 2018

Mathematical discoveries

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I was lucky enough to attend a meeting organised by the British Society for the History of Mathematics  on "The History of Cryptography...
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Sunday, 28 January 2018

London buses, and the use of the mean as an estimate

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A couple of weeks ago, I got onto my morning bus, climbed the stairs, holding on as the bus lurched forward, and sat down, to hear for the f...
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