Double Maths First Thing: Issue 5A

Double Maths First Thing adds a Holy C Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and delight of figuring things out. Here in Weymouth, we’re sweltering but lucky 12yo is about to jet off to Barcelona for a week of paddleboarding and kayaking (no word about Catalan catamarans, sadly). When I mentioned that we have world-class water sports facilities less than five miles away on Portland, he responded with the single word: churros. Excellent point, well made. My day was made yesterday by AndyK in the Finite Group, who shared a papal encyclical from earlier this month with the immortal quote: This concept can also be illustrated by the image of a multifaceted polyhedron, [19] in which the one truth of the Gospel is reflected from different angles. Fans of the Pseudorandom Ensemble will recognise my excitement that the Pope actually DOES have notes on polytopes. Links A couple of unrelated articles: one from 2002 about blind mathematicians and one…