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i “NLMS_493” — 2021/3/9 — 12:09 — page 1 — #1 i i i NEWSLETTER Issue: 493 - March 2021 MATHEMATICS OF RANDOM MARRIAGES, FLOATING-POINT LATTICES COUPLES, ARITHMETIC IN THE WILD MATHS CAREERS i i i i i “NLMS_493” — 2021/3/9 — 12:09 — page 2 — #2 i i i EDITOR-IN-CHIEF COPYRIGHT NOTICE Eleanor Lingham (Sheeld Hallam University) News items and notices in the Newsletter may [email protected] be freely used elsewhere unless otherwise stated, although attribution is requested when EDITORIAL BOARD reproducing whole articles. Contributions to the Newsletter are made under a non-exclusive June Barrow-Green (Open University) licence; please contact the author or David Chillingworth (University of Southampton) photographer for the rights to reproduce. Jessica Enright (University of Glasgow) The LMS cannot accept responsibility for the Jonathan Fraser (University of St Andrews) accuracy of information in the Newsletter. Views Jelena Grbic´ (University of Southampton) expressed do not necessarily represent the Cathy Hobbs (UWE) views or policy of the Editorial Team or London Christopher Hollings (Oxford) Mathematical Society. Robb McDonald (University College London) Adam Johansen (University of Warwick) Susan Oakes (London Mathematical Society) ISSN: 2516-3841 (Print) Andrew Wade (Durham University) ISSN: 2516-385X (Online) Mike Whittaker (University of Glasgow) DOI: 10.1112/NLMS Andrew Wilson (University of Glasgow) Early Career Content Editor: Jelena Grbic´ NEWSLETTER WEBSITE News Editor: Susan Oakes Reviews Editor: Christopher Hollings The Newsletter is freely available electronically at lms.ac.uk/publications/lms-newsletter. CORRESPONDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERSHIP LMS/EMS Correspondent: David Chillingworth Policy Digest: John Johnston Joining the LMS is a straightforward process. For Production: Katherine Wright membership details see lms.ac.uk/membership. 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