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Universities worldwide are engaging in a diverse range of mathematics-related activities, from exploring quantum communication to using origami for hands-on learning. Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh recently inaugurated a £2.5 million ($3.3 million USD) Optical Ground Station (HOGS) to foster advancements in satellite-based quantum-secure communication. This facility, equipped with a 70-cm precision telescope, aims to conduct quantum key distribution (QKD) experiments with satellites, monitor space debris, and test high-speed optical communications for next-generation networks. The project is a significant step in the UK's ambition to establish a quantum-secure internet, offering a unique platform for industry and academia to collaborate on secure communications across various sectors.
HOGS is connected to Heriot-Watt’s quantum labs via dark fibre, enabling real-time simulation and validation of optical quantum networks. This infrastructure will serve as a valuable R&D platform for secure communications in financial services, healthcare, and critical infrastructure, aiming to mitigate the UK's estimated £27 billion annual cost of cybercrime. The university also intends to expand Scotland’s space economy and workforce through partnerships and STEM programs, emphasizing the educational outreach aspect of the new facility. The Integrated Quantum Networks (IQN) Hub also considers the station part of Heriot-Watt's role as a leader in the development of quantum-secure communications. Meanwhile, ETH Zürich is promoting practical mathematics through its goMATH funding program, exemplified by the Origami Challenge. ETH students visited schools to introduce origami mathematics in a fun and engaging way, encouraging pupils to create geometric origami artworks from paper without using glue. This initiative aims to make mathematics more accessible and enjoyable for young students. At the TLA+ Community Event in Hamilton, Ontario, discussions revolved around integrating TLA+ into tooling for fuzzers, trace validators, and compilers, emphasizing its evolving role beyond just specifications. Attendees observed that TLA+ is increasingly being used to build bridges from models to real-world applications. Recommended read:
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The Carnival of Mathematics, a monthly gathering of mathematical blog posts, continues to connect the global math community. For over a decade, this event has been hosted by various math bloggers, showcasing a wide range of mathematical topics, from recreational puzzles to advanced research. It serves as a valuable resource for mathematicians and enthusiasts alike, offering a way to stay informed about current trends and innovative ideas within the field.
The latest edition, Carnival of Maths 239, is now available at Reflections and Tangents, featuring blog posts from April 2025. This edition, like its predecessors, aims to broaden the accessibility of diverse mathematical discussions to a larger audience. Readers can expect to find explorations of topics like origami mathematics, as well as discussions of mathematical concepts relevant to daily life. Besides the Carnival of Mathematics, other events are taking place within the math community. An Origami Challenge was undertaken in schools by ETH students, who visited schools and taught about origami and its relationship to the mathematical world, and a simple way to generate random points on a sphere was recently highlighted. These varied activities showcase the dynamic and engaging nature of mathematics and its diverse applications. Recommended read:
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The 238th Carnival of Mathematics is now available online at Fractal Kitty, rounding up math blog posts from March 2025. This edition, organized by Aperiodical, features a variety of math art and explores interesting facts about the number 238, including that it is 2 × 7 × 17, the sum of the first 13 primes, and a "triprime." The Mathstodon community contributed fun facts about 238, such as its relation to Uranium-238 and its representation in hexadecimal as "EE."
The carnival includes a variety of blog posts and activities from around the mathematical community. Peter Cameron shared thoughts on Compactness, Memories of CFSG, and defending research against government censorship, while other posts covered topics like polyominoes, a modern presentation of Peano Axioms, and the Monty Hall Problem. Karen Campe continued her visual Go For Geometry Series, and Amédée d’Aboville explored Group Theory With Zoombinis. These diverse topics showcase the breadth of interests and engagement within the math world. Beyond traditional blog posts, the carnival highlights creative endeavors like Ayliean's #MathArtMarch, which showcased crochet, coding, painting, and other artistic expressions inspired by mathematics. There's also discussion happening on platforms like Mathstodon, with Terence Tao sharing insights on dynamical systems and the complexities of linear versus nonlinear regimes. Pat's Blog delves into geometry, discussing properties of rhombuses and extensions of concurrency theorems, demonstrating the vibrant and varied nature of mathematical discussions and explorations. Recommended read:
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Professor Dame Alison Etheridge from Oxford University, who is also the first President of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences and former Chair of the REF mathematical sciences sub-panel, visited Mathematics at Surrey on March 7, 2025. She presented a colloquium talk titled "The forwards and backwards of population models," discussing a class of models suitable for modelling plant populations, which includes a novel explicit modelling of the juvenile phase and its implications for inferring data from genetics.
Tom Bridges visited the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in New York on March 5, 2025, for research interaction with Yuri Latushkin. Their work focused on various research problems related to the Maslov index, Fredholm operators, and the stability of solitary waves. Additionally, Joel David Hamkins is scheduled to present a talk on modal model theory at the Panglobal Algebra and Logic Seminar at the University of Colorado Boulder on March 12, 2025, which will be available live on Zoom. The International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM) 2025 features a session on "Mathematical modeling applied to epidemics and the spread of bioaerosols indoors." Organized by António F. Miguel and Murat Aydin, this session highlights the importance of mathematical modeling in predicting, assessing, and controlling disease outbreaks, with a focus on indoor viral bioaerosol transmission patterns. ICNAAM aims to gather leading scientists in numerical and applied mathematics to discuss original research. Recommended read:
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The Carnival of Mathematics continues to engage math enthusiasts with its latest February 2025 edition, now available at Flying Colours Maths. The Carnival rounds up blog posts from all over the internet. This is the 237th edition. Playful Math celebrated its sweet sixteen with the 179th edition of their carnival, originally called Math Teachers at Play, the first carnival was published in February 2009. Playful Math Carnival offers a smorgasbord of delectable tidbits of mathy fun, a free online magazine devoted to learning, teaching, and playing around with math from preschool to high school.
DEA SCUOLA, in collaboration with MaddMaths! and with the patronage of the CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, is organizing a conference for mathematics teachers of secondary schools. The conference aims to motivate, involve, and entertain with mathematics, covering topics such as neuroscience and mathematical learning, innovative teaching strategies, and the use of AI in mathematics education. Recommended read:
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