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Optimisation on the high seas
By Catherine Buchanan and David Stern
Dynamic programming is a powerful mathematical tool which can be applied to find the quickest route between two points when travelling by sailing boat.
Cover Story: Can mathematics solve the problem of malaria?
By Deborah Cromer
How mathematical models can shed light on one of the world’s deadliest diseases.
The mathematics of being nice
By Graeme Taylor
Mutual co-
Survival or extinction?
By Daniel Rowe
Population viability analysis: determining whether a species will stick around.