More excellent essays for you to enjoy from the 2024 TRM Essay Competition just in time for the weekend. Grab yourself a cuppa and learn about Satanic primes, constructing 17-sided shapes with a compass and ruler, and take part in a knot theory gameshow...
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Milford Sound might be my new favourite place, simply breathtaking. I can see why it is often referred to as the 8th wonder of the world. The view behind me is one of only two places where you can see a glacier, rainforest and freshwater together. Where is the other?

NEW

Pokémon and Geometric Distributions

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Featuring Dr Tom Crawford

NEW VIDEO Numberphile: I get to talk about my favourite two things in the same video, Maths and Pokémon.

If all Pokémon are equally likely to appear, how many encounters would you expect before you see the original 150? Or the entire 1025 in the Pokédex?
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I couldn’t leave New Zealand without stopping in to see Bilbo! Although it seemed he was rather preoccupied… The interior is built at 83% human size - large enough to allow for easy movement, but small enough to give a sense of it being a space for hobbits. Maths meets art.

Essays galore with the second group of 15 from the 2024 Tom Rocks Maths Essay Showcase!

Learn how maths can be applied to picking a football formation, how mathematicians define different sizes of infinity, and how travelling in a plane slows down time...
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Do you have exceptional female maths students who are interested in sitting the Mathematical Olympiad for Girls? Nominate them for our MOG masterclasses in-person at ICLMS, starting soon! 👩‍🔬🧮📚

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After reading over 250 fantastic essays, I'm pleased to announce the start of the 2024 TRM Essay Showcase Oxford Continuing Education.

Group 1 features Homer Simpson, casino maths, the Red Square problem and surprising prime number patterns. Read them all below :)
tomrocksmaths.com/2024/06/10/trm…

NEW VIDEO: The Maths of the Solar System inspired by my visit to Jantar Mantar Jaipur, India. Learn about the history of the UNESCO World Heritage Site and the mathematical calculations of Aristarchus - the first person to propose the Earth orbits the sun.
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New Zealand you are too pretty. The summit of Ben Lomond at Queenstown. Started at an altitude of 350m, and 2.5 hours later reached the peak at 1750m. On average, how many metres altitude did I gain per minute? Check your answer here: tomrocksmaths.com/2024/06/08/mat…

Writing about the Maths of Lord of the Rings, so decided to visit Middle Earth for some inspiration...

Dr Tom Crawford asks Professor David J. Malan what makes him laugh 🤭

So many people I couldn’t fit them all in the photo! Thank you to everyone that came to see my talk The University of Waikato 🎓 - one of my favourite talks on the tour so far. The energy in the room was next level. Remember to choose your beaches wisely next time you go swimming in the ocean!

Look where I am! The 2nd tallest tower in the Southern Hemisphere and the 28th tallest in the world. Lots of exciting opportunities for maths content, starting with the beautiful conical shaped island behind me… I wonder if I can cut the photo to generate all 4 conic sections?

Don't miss out! There are still places available on our exclusive online lecture series with Dr Tom Crawford (aka Dr Tom Crawford) and friends as they discuss all things maths, from climate change to Alan Turing and the enigma machine. Sign up now: buff.ly/3vVmFql

LAST CHANCE: the inaugural Maths Fan Online Lecture Series Oxford Continuing Education starts this Thursday (June 6th).

Watch lectures Simon Clark on climate, Sophie Maclean on trading, James Grime on Alan Turing and try Rob Eastaway's favourite puzzles.

Tickets: conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/maths-…

The right-angled triangles used for the pattern in Fed Square have base length 2, height 1, and hypotenuse root 5. If you combine five of the smallest triangles together, you create another larger triangle with the same ratio of side lengths. The best street art in Melbourne :)

What a day Monash University - not only did I get to speak at the colloquium to a full room of maths enthusiasts, I also found the office of Burkard Polster, aka Mathologer! It’s fair to say I have a long way to go to make my office door look this cool…

Maths Fans of New Zealand - get your FREE tickets to come see me The University of Waikato 🎓 at 5:30pm on Wednesday 5th June. This is currently my only stop in NZ so if you want to come say hello, this is the one for you. There's even an actual bar serving actual drinks...
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Dr Tom Crawford asks Professor David J. Malan if he plays video games 🎮