5 September 2026
Periodic solutions of the three-body problem
The three-body problem does not have a general closed-form analytic solution, but does admit aesthetically pleasing periodic solutions.
29 July 2026
Words that hyphenate differently
There are various word in British English that have different hyphenations depending on their sense.
1 March 2026
February 2026 posts on the aesthetics of mathematics
Each day of February 2026, I posted here and on Mastodon a short interesting story/image/fact/anecdote related to the aesthetics of mathematics.
28 February 2026
An exemplar of mathematical beauty in physical law.
27 February 2026
A typology of beauty by the writer François Le Lionnais.
26 February 2026
Herbert Spencer and Monge’s theorem
Beauty born of mathematical ignorance?
25 February 2026
The mathematical theory of linkages
An area once thought beautiful and now comparatively unknown.
24 February 2026
Schiller, Gauss, Archimedes, Goethe, Lagrange
Poetry and the motivation for mathematics.
23 February 2026
Lagrange and beauty in solid geometry
Examples of mathematical beauty Lagrange saw in solid geometry.
22 February 2026
The beginnings of modern aesthetics
When modern aesthetics emerged, many of the early thinkers thought it natural to consider mathematical beauty.