I am a keen player of Fantasy Football. Not only is the game huge fun (and very addictive) it also provides an excellent opportunity to play around with a whole host of mathematics. I posted a controversial thread on Twitter which has been reasonably popular (100k views, 90 retweets, 225 likes, 110 comments on Reddit
Not Pi Day, Feigenbaum Delta Day
Today everyone celebrates being confused why the 14th March (14/3) is celebrated as Pi Day. Instead let us celebrate what it should really be: Feigenbaum Delta Day.
Pointless Scoring England Goalkeepers
The TV show “Pointless” is based around correctly guessing obscure answers to questions. Season 5, Episode 48 had a question about England goalkeepers.
World Cup 2018 Quarter Final Update
My model now gives Brazil odds of >1/3 that they will win the World Cup.
World Cup 2018 Round of 16 Update
With the end of the group stage of the World Cup we’ve lost half of the teams and it’s time to update our predictions.
World Cup 2018 Group Stage Round 2 Update
Quick update on the World Cup model following the 2nd round of group fixtures.
World Cup 2018 Predictions Update
Following the end of the first round of the World Cup group stage let’s see how the model is doing and how the predictions have changed.
World Cup 2018 Predictions
The World Cup is almost upon us and so it’s time to make some predictions…
Number of Days Between Easter’s
My three year old asked me a pretty interesting question this morning, “how many sleeps is it until next Easter?”
Was there room on the door for two?
Could Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) from the motion picture ‘Titanic’ both have survived by both floating on the door? (Clearly there are a load of spoilers in this article – but the film did come out over 20 years ago so I’m not going to worry too much about