By William Troiani, The University of Melbourne What can and can’t a computer do This question is central to the area of Mathematics now referred to as computability theory. In the early 1900’s, [...]
By James Bailie, Australian National University Suppose you and your friend each read a book on a difficult subject. You think your book is harder than your friend’s, but your friend thinks the [...]
By Shane Henry, The University of Melbourne Arson is a major issue in Australian summers, particularly in Victoria, where there have been approximately 5,000 maliciously lit fires per year since [...]
By Sheng Xu, The University of Sydney A major problem in the Australian education system, and one which has received significant media coverage lately, is the decline in mathematical ability of [...]
By Lachlan Tyrrell, Queensland University of Technology I love mathematics. Maths is somehow miraculous and beautiful despite being perfectly logical. I understand that not everyone feels this [...]
By Timothy Tillman, The University of Newcastle If you buy the exponential growth of tech metrics (such as cost per memory, energy per floating point operations, etc.) staying that way for the [...]
By Elisa Tancredi, La Trobe University For as long as I can remember, I’ve been ‘teaching’ maths. I have always loved maths and express it in a fun and positive way. My earliest memory is being [...]
