Maths. Puzzles. Lecturer at @CASAUCL. I've also written a book w/ @Fryrsquared on the merry Maths of Christmas! amzn.to/2zVYtT4
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24 Jul 2024
The final 2024 polls included the greatest ever underestimate of the Conservative vote (PeoplePolling 8.4 pts) and the greatest ever overestimate of the Labour vote (Opinium, Redfield & Wilton, WeThink, NumberCruncher Politics, all 6.3 pts). #GE24 #politics #stats
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2 Aug 2024
There are three families of solutions. One very easy to find, one fairly easy, and one a bit more tricky.
(And then there's the rigmarole of proving that there are no others, which was less straightforward than I'd anticipated...)
#puzzle #puzzles #maths #math
1 Aug 2024
MATHS PUZZLE:
Find all integer solutions of:
a^(b^c) = c^(b^a)
Some clarifications in the following tweet.
#maths #math #puzzles
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1 Aug 2024
If there are no solutions, why? If there are finitely many solutions, can you list them? If there are infinitely many solutions, can you describe them all?
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1 Aug 2024
PS. I should have said "greatest" rather than "largest". Basically, always return the positive real root when there is also a negative real root.
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Thomas Oléron Evans retweeted
24 Jul 2024
A plot of Labour & Conservative polling errors in all final GB general election voting intention polls, 1945-2024. 2024 polls in red. Data from PollBase (@markpack). #GE24 #politics #stats
23 Jul 2024
Definitely agree with @Dannythefink that GE24 polling miss should be taken more seriously.
But in fairness to pollsters:
- Several averages had Lab at 37-38%, wide on their lead by ~6% not 10. Bad not catastrophic.
- They did pick up late dip in Lab’s vote; it was ignored
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24 Jul 2024
A plot of Labour & Conservative polling errors in all final GB general election voting intention polls, 1945-2024. 2024 polls in red. Data from PollBase (@markpack). #GE24 #politics #stats
23 Jul 2024
Definitely agree with @Dannythefink that GE24 polling miss should be taken more seriously.
But in fairness to pollsters:
- Several averages had Lab at 37-38%, wide on their lead by ~6% not 10. Bad not catastrophic.
- They did pick up late dip in Lab’s vote; it was ignored
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Thomas Oléron Evans retweeted
22 Jul 2024
Today should be the day we hear if @QMUL plan to save Westfield nursery. @qmulnursery means so much to us so we hope the right decision is made!
We stand with the staff. We are family.
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Thomas Oléron Evans retweeted
17 Jul 2024
Whilst we wait for the decision as to whether
@QMUL will save or close @qmulnursery. I'm sharing testimonials from the Westfield nursery families. #savewestfieldnursery
"The environment created by the team has made our child feel safe and secure..."
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Thomas Oléron Evans retweeted
12 Jul 2024
Since WW2, there have been 9 changes of the gov party. Setting aside 2024, in 4 cases govt vote share increased at the following election and in 4 cases it decreased. In only 1 case did a new govt lose power (Feb 1974), and even then, they won the most votes. #GE24 #stats [2/n]
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Thomas Oléron Evans retweeted
21 Jun 2024
When the @qmulnursery community comes together, magical things happen... Behold, our website! All the updates on our campaign to #SaveWestfieldNursery in one place! Any questions? any frequently asked ones, even? We've got answers!
#HandsOffOurToddlers
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