Issue 4: Summer 2008

iSquared archive

The fourth issue of iSquared magazine is now available. Highlights include a feature article on cooperative game theory, a short biography of Alan Turing and an interview with a financial mathematician. For the full contents, see below. To buy a copy of this issue, click here.

FEATURES

Chemotaxis: How bacteria move

By Nikita Vladimirov

Why mathematical modelling is useful for understanding chemotaxis, a mechanism used by bacteria to enable them to travel up chemical gradients towards nutrient-rich regions.

Cover Story: We're not all prisoners in here

By Chris Gaffney

How players can benefit from forming coalitions in cooperative game theory.

Rheology: The science of deformation and flow

By Tim Reis

The mathematics behind some of the strangest phenomena in materials science, including the "miracle" of walking on custard.

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News

Mathematical greats

The life and tragic early death of Alan Turing, who is famous for founding the field of computer science and for his contributions to British cryptanalysis during World War II.