Hi there, my name is Barry and I am soon going to study mathematics at the University of Warwick. I am a writer. I am a maths student. I am a runner. I play the guitar. I am one of us, the many players in this game we call life. Writer

When I was younger, my parents would take me to swim lessons every Saturday. They did so because they loved me and it was important for me to learn this survival skill and be healthy. I never really enjoyed it because I felt like I was forced to. It was…

Seneca said every night before bed, we should tell ourselves that our lives have ended and we have come back to life. Everything is extra. This is all bonus time. I very much agree with it. We have done everything that we wanted in our past lives. And this is…

The Gaussian Integral: There’s a mistake on the board! — Following my previous post on the Tractenberg method from the movie ‘Gifted’, we will now look at a problem given to Mary by her college Professor. For the math savants among us, I know you guys have noticed a mistake on the board. In fact, when Mary first sees the…

MA151 Algebra 1 — Abstract Algebra This is the first article looking at the study of groups in the field of abstract algebra. Simply put, groups are sets equipped with an operation that satisfies certain basic properties known as group axioms. To ease into this vast and ever-expanding subject, let’s get back to the basics. We…

Mathematics — Today’s Challenge I am about to go to the taster session organised by the Calisthenics Society here at Warwick. Find x and y. Give the problem a try before jumping in for the solution! Solution To start off, we get rid of the logarithm in the first equation

Geometry — Today’s Challenge Lectures are going to start soon and I CANNOT wait! Alright, we will solve this simple geometry problem. Give the problem a try before jumping in for the solution! Solution The key to this problem is to make use of the given base of the combined rectangles. …

MA141 Analysis 1 — Motivation We are now diving into the uncharted waters of finding a good approximation for some irrational number. This is when the infamous Dirichlet’s Approximation Theorem comes into the picture. Theorem In number theory, the theorem states that for any real numbers α and N, there exist integers p and q such…

Calculus — Today’s Challenge Today is the academic societies fair at Warwick and I can’t wait to look at some of the societies on offer! Give this problem a try before jumping in for the solution! Solution The key to this problem is to get rid of the denominator x² within the square root