Author Archives: apgoucher

2017 has been an unfortunate year for Fields medallists. Maryam Mirzakhani, who won the Fields medal in 2014, passed away at the untimely age of 40. Two days ago, she was joined by Vladimir Voevodsky, 2002 Fields medallist, who was … Continue reading →

We’re pleased to announce a sequel to the Ada Lovelace Hackathon. Specifically, we’re organising a workshop on Sunday 27th November 2016 to commemorate the 400th birthday of John Wallis, Cambridge mathematician and Parliament’s chief cryptographer. His developments include early analysis … Continue reading →

Today there has been an explosion of media interest in the claim by Craig Wright that he is the identity behind the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. However, his blog post is rather suspicious, as it contains various misconceptions … Continue reading →

Several rather interesting developments have occurred this month. In inverse chronological order, they are summarised below: E8 and Λ24 lattices actually are optimal The lattices E8 and Λ24 are lattice packings of unit spheres in 8 and 24 dimensions, respectively. … Continue reading →

In December we held a hackathon to celebrate the 200th birthday of Ada Lovelace. In the last post, the results of the baking competition were mentioned along with our efforts to program the Analytical Engine emulator. Although I briefly alluded to … Continue reading →

In the previous post, I mentioned the hackathon we were organising to celebrate the 200th birthday of Ada Lovelace. The event was a huge success, and it is safe to say that all attendees had a most enjoyable, creative and … Continue reading →

Somehow, it slipped past my radar that Tomas Rokicki and Morley Davidson have established the maximum number of quarter-turns necessary to solve a Rubik’s cube (the more widely-popularised figure of 20 was for the half-turn metric). That is to say, … Continue reading →