Double Maths First Thing: Issue 5C

Double Maths First Thing is NOT procrastinating in the group chat. Why would you even suggest that? Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and delight of doing maths and, from time to time, the absurdities it throws up. For example, if you’re a certain way inclined, you could get hold of a grant to cover a beach in aperiodic monotiles, like Christian Lawson-Perfect and team did last weekend. It sounds like it was a fabulous couple of days, and I’m looking forward to seeing and sharing a full write-up. Links I’ve frequently tried and failed to make use of flashcard systems like Mnemosyne to remember stuff. I say failed, I was red-hot at capitals of the world for a while during COVID, but the chances of coming out with “Honiara” on Pointless weren’t high enough to make it worth keeping up. Michael Nielsen uses something similar to understand some maths. Hamish Todd things probabilities are a bit rubbish and that we should use surprisal instead.…