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Mathematician @UniofOxford AND @Cambridge_Uni, @OxfordConted, @Numberphile, @YouTube 'Creator on the Rise', Naked Mathematician, @TedX Speaker, @c4countdown

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Dr Tom Crawford
5 months
COUNTDOWN. Still can’t believe this happened, but you will now be able to watch me attempting to do maths live on television for the next 3 weeks, starting Monday at 2:10pm @Channel4. So excited to be joining the @C4Countdown family - long live daytime television!!
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NEW VIDEO @numberphile: The infamous infinite integral exp(x^2) from minus infinity to infinity. You'll likely have seen the result before, but do you know where it comes from, and how to show it's true?. One of my favourite results in calculus - enjoy!.
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My podcast episode with @Chazingdra is now out! . Listen to me tell the story of my life through the lens of Pokémon - from solving late night multiplication problems as an 8-year old, to my recent experience on Countdown. Listen at the link below.
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I'll never get used to being recognised - especially when it's by a group of students as incredible and inspiring as the UNIQ Summer School participants. The programme offers a taster of university to state school students from backgrounds that are under-represented @UniofOxford.
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RT @Chazingdra: TOMORROW! 🤩. Don’t miss this week’s @ChazingdraChats featuring maths content creator & Pokémon lover @tomrocksmaths - as re….
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Some really interesting questions from @atrakcia in an interview ahead of my recent talk at Comic-Con Sofia. Do you think learning should be more directly connected to pop culture? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
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Some Sunday reading to sink into with another 20 articles from the 2025 TRM Essay Competition Showcase. If you've ever wondered how to win at Risk, how to improve your volleyball serve, or how to mathematically braid you hair, this batch is for you :).
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My first Comic-Con was a blast!! Thanks to everyone for coming to watch my mathematical over-analysis of the Pokédex, and well done to these three future Pokémon League Champions for successfully catching Eevee (even if it did take 3 great balls…).
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Incredible snaps from the @cs50 Hackathon with @Meta last month. More evidence (if ever it was needed) that I’m in my element when talking maths on a stage. Thank you for being such an engaged and enthusiastic audience!
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NEW VIDEO: Professor Martin Hairer (2014 Fields Medal) discuses his recent progress on the $1 million Yang Mills equation, one of the infamous Millennium Prize Problems. Premieres today at 5pm (GMT+1) - see you in the live chat!.
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9 days
Numbers vs. Words Round 5: 3999 vs. Stupific. @susie_dent explores forgotten words from our Latin roots, whilst @tomrocksmaths talks Roman numerals. Vote for your favourite here:
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Dr Tom Crawford
10 days
I was told to expect the best view @UniofOxford and my first formal dinner @ExeterCollegeOx did not disappoint. Great to welcome all of the summer students for my course on ‘Mathematical Modelling’ - hopefully you’ll have as much fun taking it as I did putting it all together!
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Mountweazel and @susie_dent with a landslide victory over 31,557,600 in Round 4, resulting in a 3-1 lead for Words over Numbers. Clearly need to step up my game. Look out for Round 5 tomorrow - and watch every round so far here:
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Dr Tom Crawford
12 days
What an inspiring group of students at the Core Maths Programme @oxlifelonglearning in partnership with @AsylumWelcome. A huge thank you to Dr Ben Grant for putting this together, and to our fantastic tutor Behrad Ahmadpour for running the weekly sessions. Well done everyone!
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Dr Tom Crawford
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Such a privilege to be nominated by my colleagues @OxLifelongLearn for the Academic Excellence Award. Honestly the best department I have ever worked in - thanks to everyone for making it such a welcoming and enjoyable place to work :)
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Congratulations to all of these amazing people who finished their exams today! The 1st years had a paper on PDEs and Multivariable Calculus, whilst the 2nd years had either Fluid Dynamics and Topology. Enjoy the summer and I’ll see you all back and ready to go again in October :)
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15 days
100 down, 200+ to go. What a brilliant start to the TRM Essay Competition 2025 Showcase. In group 5, you'll find mathematical poetry, a recipe for a 5-dimensional Greek salad, and a history of quantitative finance. Have a read and comment your favourite!.
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Dr Tom Crawford
17 days
I'll be joining an actual Pokémon podcast with @Chazingdra next week and obviously I'm incredibly excited to talk all things Pocket Monsters, but this is also your chance to ask ME anything Pokémon related - just write your question in the comments and the best will be asked :)
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RT @Chazingdra: Excited to welcome @tomrocksmaths on @ChazingdraChats!. A maths content creator, Tom was also a co-host on @C4Countdown rec….
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Dr Tom Crawford
18 days
ICYMI yesterday, be sure to check out part 2 of my collab with the wonderful @elsleightholm where I answer questions sent in by viewers. Featuring far too many maths jokes and maths-themed chat-up lines, it's not to be missed! Watch at the link below :).
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19 days
RT @elsleightholm: So excited for this!!. You can tune into @tomrocksmaths’s premiere at 5pm (GMT +1) and tune into mine shortly after at 6….
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