BSc Mathematics with an Integrated Foundation Year (2026 entry) | The University of Manchester

BSc Computer Science and Mathematics (2026 entry) | The University of Manchester

The Man Who Knew Infinity

A Neural Sheet Discovers the Shape of DataA self-organizing map (SOM) starts as a flat sheet of neurons with no knowledge of the data around it. For every input sample, it finds the best-matching neuron,c = argminᵢ ‖x - wᵢ‖,and updates that neuron together with its neighbours,wᵢ ← wᵢ + η(t)hᶜᵢ(t)(x - wᵢ).As the neighbourhood radius shrinks during training, the sheet gradually bends and folds onto the hidden geometry of the dataset while preserving its neighbourhood structure.Developed by Finnish

Elon Musk reduced the oldest question in human history to basic math.No one has found a flaw in it.Musk: “What are the odds that we are in base reality? And that this has not happened before.”You don’t need a physics degree to follow it.You need a timeline.Musk: “If you look at the advancement of video games, it’s gone from Pong, two rectangles and a square batting it back and forth, to photorealistic, real-time games with millions of people playing simultaneously.”Fifty years.That is all it too

What Happens When Randomness Learns to Flow?Markov (1906) showed that randomness can remember the present and still obey long-run stability. The bead jitters, the path looks unpredictable, but the occupation pattern settles into a stationary glow.Kolmogorov (1931) takes that same Markov idea and turns it into motion. Instead of asking where the chain spends its time, we watch the whole distribution move in real time.dp/dt = p QHere, p(t) is the probability fog spreading through the labyrinth, Q

Ningen Fushin: Mathematics Bare Knuckle

Dinner with the Parents: Eureka

Andromeda: The Mathematics of Tears