Algebra: the Maths Working to Solve the UK’s Supply Chain Crisis

Whether its roots were in the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit, or a mixture of both, the UK suffered supply chain problems in 2021, with supermarket shelves quickly running out of common goods including pasta, bottled water and toilet paper. This article from The Guardian discusses the role of algebra in improving the situation.

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Algebra: the Maths Working to Solve the UK’s Supply Chain Crisis

Maths is Vital

One of a collection of posters produced for World Year of Mathematics 2000 and displayed on trains in the London Underground, this one focuses on DNA sequencing and and the massive amounts of data analysis required.

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World Mathematical Year 2000 London Underground Posters

Also available to purchase in a set of all 12 posters pre-printed at 61cm x 28cm from the Mathematical Association.

Maths Takes Off

One of a collection of posters produced for World Year of Mathematics 2000 and displayed on trains in the London Underground, this one focuses on aerodynamics.

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World Mathematical Year 2000 London Underground Posters

Also available to purchase in a set of all 12 posters pre-printed at 61cm x 28cm from the Mathematical Association.

Maths Evens the Odds

One of a collection of posters produced for World Year of Mathematics 2000 and displayed on trains in the London Underground, this one focuses on probability, chance and risk.

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World Mathematical Year 2000 London Underground Posters

Also available to purchase in a set of all 12 posters pre-printed at 61cm x 28cm from the Mathematical Association.

Maths Connects

One of a collection of posters produced for World Year of Mathematics 2000 and displayed on trains in the London Underground, this one focuses on graph theory and its uses explaining the connections in all sorts of networks.

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World Mathematical Year 2000 London Underground Posters

Also available to purchase in a set of all 12 posters pre-printed at 61cm x 28cm from the Mathematical Association.

Maths Hots Up

One of a collection of posters produced for World Year of Mathematics 2000 and displayed on trains in the London Underground, this one focuses on unravelling the mysteries of solar storms using mathematics.

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World Mathematical Year 2000 London Underground Posters

Also available to purchase in a set of all 12 posters pre-printed at 61cm x 28cm from the Mathematical Association.

If you're interested in astronomy and space science, why not give Blogstronomy a try (you can find out more about the Sun at this tag)?

What Would Florence Nightingale Make of Big Data?

From the BBC's "ideas" series, here's David Spiegelhalter introducing Florence Nightingale's work on statistics in a 4-minute video, and looking at how we can use the same principals to make sense of the data that is thrown at us from all angles in today's superconnected world!

Maths is Cool

One of a collection of posters produced for World Year of Mathematics 2000 and displayed on trains in the London Underground, this one focuses on catastrophe theory and its relevance to unstable icebergs.

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World Mathematical Year 2000 London Underground Posters

Also available to purchase in a set of all 12 posters pre-printed at 61cm x 28cm from the Mathematical Association.

Mathematics in Work: Civil Servant

Another in Cambridge Mathematics' Interviews and Intersections series: Chris is a Customer Support Officer in Leicester, and he is interviewed here about his life and work, and where mathematics makes an appearance in both:

Intersections: Mathematics and the Civil Servant

Chaos in the Weather

One of a collection of posters produced for World Year of Mathematics 2000 and displayed on trains in the London Underground, this one focuses on chaotic behaviour in things like the stock market and weather.

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World Mathematical Year 2000 London Underground Posters

Also available to purchase in a set of all 12 posters pre-printed at 61cm x 28cm from the Mathematical Association.