Here’s the fifth Aperiodcast, covering what’s happened on the site basically since the start of Summer. Peter is busy doing work, so it was just Katie and me blathering on about a variety of things.
The posts discussed in this episode were:
Telegraph’s open letter to Michael Gove and Vince Cable on numeracy (presented with arithmetic errors), by PeterMore and Less, by Paul TaylorInteresting Esoterica Summation volume 4, by ChristianTuring Round UpOpen Access Round UpMathsJam Annual Conference 2012 booking now openAn answer to what Shouryya Ray’s ‘unsolved Newton problem’ wasπ vs τ: FOTSN/Tau Day special by Steve Mould and Matt ParkerCarnival of Mathematics 88Dance Your PhD: Cutting Sequences on the Double Pentagon by KatieYou have three days to submit posts for the next Carnival of Maths, hosted here by Katie.