The legacy of Emmy Noether Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who lived from 1882 to 1935, and made huge contributions to the worlds of mathematics and physics. She is a shining example of an excellent mathematical mind, but also … 21. Feb 2019 | By Katie Steckles | 1 comment
Public Key Cryptography One of the great things about working in maths or computer science is that if you’re the inventor or discoverer of a really nice piece of mathematical theory, it will often be named after you. … 29. Jan 2019 | By Katie Steckles | 1 comment
A Puzzle ‘Four’ the New Year It’s a New Year, and with it comes a new four-digit number. When faced with a number like 2019, it’s the mathematician’s natural instinct to do maths with it. Having quickly checked whether the year … 11. Jan 2019 | By Katie Steckles | 0 comments
The Twelve Facts of Christmas: Pascal’s Triangle At this time of year, you’ll see a lot of decorations around and a lot of shapes – stars, trees, snowmen, and so on. One shape you might not see many of though, is the … 20. Dec 2018 | By Katie Steckles | 4 comments
Right on the money One big story in UK finance at the moment is the new design for the £50 note. UK banknotes change design roughly once every 10-20 years, and since the 1960s have included, in addition to … 04. Dec 2018 | By Katie Steckles | 7 comments
Measuring the Change Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” As a mathematician, I would immediately dispute this – there are definitely mathematical facts it’s possible to … 21. Nov 2018 | By Katie Steckles | 1 comment
Permutations and Tribulations When I moved to studying maths at university, I was stunned by the great variety of concepts, structures and objects that university-level maths finds completely normal, but that you barely even think about at school … 13. Nov 2018 | By Katie Steckles | 3 comments
Women in Maths Exhibition – a graphic summary This year the HLF hosted the Women of Mathematics exhibition, that has been shown in already 18 countries since its creation in 2016. Here is a graphic summary of the HLF edition of this exhibition. … 22. Oct 2018 | By Constanza Rojas-Molina | 0 comments
Impressions from Friday’s Session at SAP-I Following the tradition, Friday’s activities of the HLF moved to the SAP headquarters in Walldorf, near Heidelberg. It was a welcome change of scenery to finish a week of hard work, and talks by laureates … 12. Oct 2018 | By Constanza Rojas-Molina | 1 comment
Poster Session at HLF At the HLF, we are used to seeing laureates give lectures and meeting enthousiastic young researchers. However, the HLF is also an opportunity for young researchers to showcase their cutting edge research, and exchange their … 10. Oct 2018 | By Constanza Rojas-Molina | 1 comment