Category: Misc
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Carnival of Mathematics 213
A roundup of online maths content from November 2020.
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Using LaTeX Leadsheets for MathsJamJam
MathsJamJam is an event that takes place at the annual MathsJam gathering, where we sing songs that have had their lyrics rewritten to be about maths. This year I used the LaTeX package Leadsheets to compile the songbooks. I’ve documented how it works here – mainly so that I can remember how to do it,…
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Carnival of Mathematics 207
A roundup of online maths content from November 2020.
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Can You Sing Two Notes at Once?
And what does that have to do with maths? A little while ago, Abs Pascoe (who I highly recommend if you’re thinking of starting singing lessons and you happen to live near Whitstable) posted this amazing video where she sings two different notes at once. I had never heard anything like it before! My first…
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Carnival of Mathematics 188
A roundup of online maths content from November 2020.
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I Like Brussels Sprouts
At the choir I sing with, we sang a Christmas-themed warm-up song to the tune of Jelly on a Plate. It’s a simple song with just one repeated sentence: ‘I like Brussels sprouts’. The catch is that you don’t break the sentence, even when it doesn’t fit with the phrasing of the song. The syllable…