Crux Mathematicorum

31/08/2024

31/08/2024

Natalie was one of the winners in the 11-14 years category in the 2024 Polypad Art and Music Contest. Congratulations Natalie! See all winners at polypad.amplify.com/contest

31/08/2024

We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Education will be presented to Pamela E. Harris, Professor of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is being honored for her dedication to diversity and equity in academia, for her success in fostering others’ growth in how they support diversity and equity and for her brilliance, dedication, and passion as an educator who teaches both mathematics and equity.

The award will be presented during the Joint Prize Session on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Seattle, WA. A full press release is posted here:

https://ow.ly/ygWY50T4gFB

Please join AWM in congratulating Dr. Harris at JMM 2025 in Seattle.

22/03/2024

Many of us learn simple matrix multiplication in high school. The typical approach for multiplying 2-by-2 matrices requires eight multiplication steps, but a more complicated approach, devised by the mathematician Volker Strassen, solves it in just seven. https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-breakthrough-brings-matrix-multiplication-closer-to-ideal-20240307/

22/03/2024

12/02/2024

In 1953, an engineer at IBM named Hans Peter Luhn quietly changed the course of computer science when he suggested a new way to store and retrieve information called the hash table. Recently, researchers reached a mathematical ideal for this technology. https://www.quantamagazine.org/scientists-find-optimal-balance-of-data-storage-and-time-20240208/

12/02/2024

25/01/2024

Travel through time and explore the greatest mathematicians and biggest mathematical discoveries in history.

25/01/2024

There are just 17 ways that symmetry can work in wallpaper; 17 types of symmetry exist for continuous 2D patterns. https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-theorist-who-sees-math-in-art-music-and-writing-20240112/

20/01/2024

So, what is math poetry? We asked the AMS Math Poetry Contest judges to explain!
Read about it here: https://ow.ly/qme950Qsi9p

Students!
The AMS invites you to submit your original math poetry to our 2024 competition.

More info and how to enter here: https://ow.ly/6Jts50Qsi9q

20/01/2024

How can we be sure that a file stored in the cloud isn’t corrupted or vulnerable to hackers? Two well-known error correction methods secure signals using polynomial curves. [Infographic] https://www.quantamagazine.org/magical-error-correction-scheme-proved-inherently-inefficient-20240109/

20/01/2024

So tell us… who’s your favorite mathematician?
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19/01/2024

19/01/2024

We hope you enjoyed our 2023 Puzzle Calendar! If so, which one was your favorite? View all puzzles at mathigon.org/puzzles