Matt's mathematical mind mash
Did aliens establish a primitive postcode system in ancient Britain?
Ancient monuments align with every postcode in the UK, suggesting powerful extraterrestrial influences at work
Pi Day: Help yourself to a slice of infinite, transcendental pi
It's in the nature of pi that everyone's birthday and name are encoded somewhere in this never-ending, never-repeating number
Win a million dollars with maths, No. 4: The Hodge Conjecture
Matt Parker: To get a handle on the Hodge Conjecture you could start by thinking about shapes drawn on doughnuts ...
Mobile phone radiation linked to people jumping to conclusions
Mathematician Matt Parker explains why he issued a hoax press release linking the number of mobile phone masts to births
Mobile phone masts linked to mysterious spikes in births
Mathematician finds strong correlation between the presence of mobile phone masts and number of children born
Win a million dollars with maths, No. 3: The Navier-Stokes equations
Matt Parker: Fluids move in mysterious ways. Mathematicians aren't even sure the equations that describe them will work in every situation
Win a million dollars with maths, No. 2: the P v NP problem
Whether you're drawing up the guest list for a royal wedding or finding a needle in a haystack, a solution to the P v NP problem would be a godsend. It could also net someone a cool $1m
Win a million dollars with maths, No. 1: The Riemann Hypothesis
In the first of his series on the seven Millennium Prize Problems – the most intractable problems in mathematics – Matt Parker introduces the Riemann Hypothesis
Win a million dollars with maths
Over the coming months, Matt Parker will introduce seven of mathematics' most intractable problems. To win a million dollars, all you have to do is solve one ...
The number game
Numerologists get a far better press than they deserve, but Matt Parker finds he has an unexpected empathy with them
