Tom Rocks Maths
Dr Tom Crawford - Mathematician at the University of Oxford AND the University of Cambridge, Online Courses at the Oxford Department for Continuing Education, Numberphile Presenter, Naked Mathematician, YouTube 'Creator on the Rise', TEDx Speaker, Countdown, lover of rock music and maths tattoos (15 and counting)...
Maths, but not as you know it.
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Tom Rocks Maths
NEW VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeRgd...
Listen to 5x short talks from 5x Laureates covering Cryptography, Parallel Computing, Coding Mathematical Proofs, Constraint Problems and Programming Bugs, with yours truly as moderator. Enjoy :)
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Writing retreat done right. Thank you Jamaica for the inspiration and the 60,000 words of mathematical shenanigans that form the basis of my book. If you look closely you might spot a few sneak previews on my laptop… Excited to bring this to you all in 2026 :)
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tomrocksmaths.com/2025/10/02/trm-essay-competition…
Part II of the Winners Shortlist for the 2025 TRM Essay Competition is now available! From Star Wars to Pokemon; folding paper to folding space; fractals to formulae - there's something for everyone. Overall winners to be announced next week - watch this space!
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NEW VIDEO: youtube.com/shorts/YEdEKMXlcAs
Your new favourite series is back with more number facts and origins of words. Round 9 sees words for colours from Susie, taking on happy numbers from Tom - with a bonus discussion of metanalysis / false division. Vote for your winner here: forms.gle/drYjSgYVVqi3jEJX8
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When you both love maths <3... Watch the second Spark Session @LaureateForum to see talks from Jeff Dean (2012 ACM Prize in Computing) & David Patterson (2017 Turing Award) on 'Shaping AI's Impact to Help Billions', and from Leslie Valiant (2010 Turing Award & 1986 Abacus Medal) on 'Education and Educability'. A pleasure to moderate as always :)
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A fun Q&A for the @robinsoncollegecambridge Bin Brook magazine - discover the greatest influence on my approach to teaching; the subjects I found most difficult at university; advice for my younger self; and my favourite maths joke...
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NEW VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9MJW...
Watch 5 short talks from 2x Turing award recipients, 3x ACM Prize in Computing awardees, and 1x Nevanlinna Prize recipient in the first Spark Session @LaureateForum. I had the pleasure of moderating this fantastic group of speakers - full details of which are on the 2nd image. Enjoy :)
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Sanjeev Arora - 2011 ACM Prize in Computing and #1 ranked student in the 1986 IIT JEE (said to be the hardest exam in the world). We talked all things AI, the future of mathematics, and top tips for anyone studying for the JEE. Full video coming soon - watch this space :)
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NEW VIDEO: https://youtu.be/jJxanrfWIsw
A double header for you all today with the premiere of Part 1 on @drpkmath12345 from 4:30pm (GMT+1) and Part 2 on my channel from 5pm (GMT+1). Watch me calculate the determinant of the integral of the exponential of a matrix - yes, you read that correctly. See you in the live chat!
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Great to see YouTube and the UK Creator Economy featured in the news today with the release of a report from Oxford Economics - but did you spot a familiar face in the "Shared Learning" section? Love seeing maths front and centre :)
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