Aperiodical News Roundup – October 2026
Here’s a round-up of mathematical news from this month we didn’t otherwise cover on the site.
Owing to a spam email we got which included the sentence “Given your recent roundup on AI and mathematical proof, I thought this might be of interest”, followed by some AI generated maths we don’t care about, we probably won’t post about AI in the news as much; rest assured though, it’s probably still going on.
The IMA Gold Medal 2026 has been awarded to Celia Hoyles and Chris Budd – or, more accurately, to Professor Dame Celia Hoyles DBE CMath Hon FIMA…
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