Happy (Belated) 2026
It is customary in January to write a blog post containing mathematical facts about the year. For us maths writers, 2025 truly was a gift, and you can see just why in Katie’s excellent post last year. But the chances of having two consecutive years with so many fun facts are, as one might expect, small. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there is a dearth of interesting facts about 2026.
But do not fear! This is not going to be a list of anti-facts, of things that are not true about the number 2026. There is one fact that is so fun that I think it might blow all the 2025 facts out the water. Read more
