Balancing a Knife, Euler’s Elastica, and the Mathematical Pendulum

Mark Levi describes the physics and mathematics of balancing a knife.

Broken Social Contract

William Yslas Vélez calls for mathematics departments to take the lead in addressing reform towards a more equitable educational system.

Recently Published Books in Dynamical Systems

Here is a list of some of the recently published books in dynamical systems. Should you be interested in reviewing one of these, or any other book that you think would be useful, please contact the book reviews editor (James Meiss; jdm (at) colorado.edu).

Wanted: Minitutorial Proposals for DS21

SIAM is looking for minitutorial proposals from the DS community.

Generalised Symmetry in Network Dynamics

Eddie Nijholt, Bob Rink, and Sören Schwenker talk about synchrony breaking bifurcations in dynamical systems on networks and how to understand them through generalised symmetry.