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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NEW VIDEO: www.youtube.com/shorts/ayFO8W...
Numbers vs. Words: 220 vs. Thing - which is your favourite? Round 10 sees Amicable Numbers 220 & 284 up against 'Thing' and "semantic bleaching". Watch and then vote for your favourite here: forms.gle/JnqfdB54siEjXmLJ8
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A sneak peek of a photoshoot from earlier this week with @OxLifelongLearning - any idea what we are doing?
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My favourite way to spend a Friday evening - solving puzzles with friends @cs50 and @meta. Thank you to everyone for coming to the first CS50 UK Puzzle Day and to Meta London for hosting :)
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You all loved SMILE = 1,913,091,205 this time around helping Numbers pull one back against Words. Latest scores are now Tom / Numbers 4 - 5 Words / Susie. It’s getting close again so make sure you vote for your favourite in round 10, coming soon!!
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Graduate Dinner 2025 @StEdmundHall with pre-dinner drinks in the college library (a converted church). A warm welcome to @oxforduniversity to all Masters and PhD students - may your years here be enjoyable, academic, and of course as full of maths as possible!
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Such an incredible day at King’s School Macclesfield meeting all of the amazing students / future mathematicians. We talked Sports and Shapes with year 6, 7 and 8; the Maths of Pokémon with years 10 and 11; and Ocean Pollution with years 12 and 13. I hope you all had as much fun as I did!!
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Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwZMg...
ICYMI don't forget to watch part 1 of my collaboration with @drpkmath12345 where he solves a 7x7 determinant, and then watch part 2 where I solve a ridiculous problem with the most unexpected pi possible... Part 2 is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxan...
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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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