What an amazing woman who helped shape the world! View a tribute here.

Queens’ College was founded 1448 by Margaret of Anjou, wife of King Henry VI. The first bridge on this spot was built in the 16th century, and gave direct access from President’s Lodge (built c.1460) on the east side of the Cam to the fields west of the river. The timber bridge was rebuilt in […]

Thanks for supporting H3 Maths through your interest and promotion of this site – one dedicated to engaging students with Mathematics in the real world (with a few light-hearted moments on the side). Total views are well over 34,000 which is something we never expected when we started the site nearly 10 years ago. Thank […]

“Research on being able to build on a smaller and smaller scale has powered much of the technological development over the past decades. For example, it is the sole reason that today’s cellphones have more computing power than the supercomputers of the 1980s.” This comment by Associate Professor Mikkel Andersen of Otago’s Department of Physics was […]

“I remember one morning I was making myself a slice of bread with Nutella, when suddenly, I said out loud: Mothers! It is there!,” González-Acuña tells PetaPixel. What problem did he solve? González-Acuña solved the 2000 year old problem of aberration in optical lenses! By using an extremely complex mathematical formula, published in an article […]

JPEG Short for Joint Photographic Experts Group — the team that developed the format — JPEG has become the standard compressed format in digital photography and online image sharing due to its careful balance of file size and image quality. The exact ratio differs depending on the program and settings used, but the typical JPEG image […]

In a modern version of the famous Greek Trojan Horse, The CIA secretly bought a company that sold encryption devices across the world. Then its spies sat back and listened! The company, Crypto AG, got its first break with a contract to build code-making machines for U.S. troops during World War II. Flush with cash, it […]

What are some of the math metrics used for analyzing social media? Here is a small section of visitors to H3 recently: Other online metrics include; 1. Cost per impression (CPM) COST / 1000 IMPRESSIONS An impression is how many times an advertisement is displayed on a web page or search engine. It does not […]

British researchers have published a new map predicting the global spread of the novel coronavirus over the next three months. The graphic is based on the mobile phone and flight data of 60,000 of an estimated five million Wuhan residents who fled during the critical two weeks before the outbreak city was placed under lockdown. […]

H3 have come across a variety of Math Career quizzes. We think the following one is a very useful tool because it focusses on your likes and steers you towards a career that you will enjoy! Now, that’s pretty cool. Click on the image below and take the quiz to find a suitable career path;