Maxime de Ruelle
22 articles published in Tangente
Math for everyoneN°214Oct 17, 2023A magic rhombus
In August 2019, our reader Mustapha Rherrad created a magic rhombus using the integers from 1 to 32, arranged so that the sums along every "slanting row" and every "main diagonal" are equal.
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History and CultureN°82May 19, 2022A mathematician our readers know well...
In 2011, to celebrate the bicentenary of Évariste Galois's birth, a special issue of Tangente Sup (issue 60) was published with an ambitious guiding principle: to describe Galois theory not in today's terms, but using the knowledge available at the time!
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History and CultureN°205Apr 15, 2022Jean-Pierre Demailly (1957–2022)
We were saddened to learn that mathematician Jean-Pierre Demailly died on March 17.
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Math for everyoneN°205Apr 15, 2022Maths at home is good for the mind
It is often assumed that differences in students’ academic success are explained by their parents’ level of education and ability to “help” them with their homework. New research supports other hypotheses.
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History and CultureN°204Feb 17, 2022A new president for the CIJM
At the end of January, Brigitte Bourgasser Wenner succeeded Marie José Pestel as head of the International Committee for Mathematical Games (CIJM).
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History and CultureN°204Feb 17, 2022Maths enthusiasts take the stage
Maths in the theatre—can that really be serious? Absolutely! From the maths teacher at the blackboard, embodying abstract mathematics before their students, to the actor on stage playing an imaginary character, it may be only a short step—one that many enthusiasts have taken. And in this field, imagination reigns supreme, so anything goes!
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History and CultureN°203Dec 20, 2021Algebra mourns: Jacques Tits has passed away
Belgian-born French mathematician Jacques Tits (1930–2021) passed away in early December.
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Math for everyoneN°80Nov 16, 2021Quotient structures
A detailed analysis of the internal structure of finite groups is a formidable challenge. What can be said about an arbitrary group? The idea is to look within G for subgroups from which the whole of G can be reconstructed. Quotient structures are an unfailingly effective tool for this purpose.
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Math for everyoneN°80Nov 16, 2021Hunting down groups
To explore further...
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Math for everyoneN°202Oct 13, 2021Turing machine contest
A young Tangente reader has won the Turing machine offered as a prize by thaM thaM.
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History and CultureN°200Jun 14, 2021Magic and curiosities at the 7th Math Night
For its seventh edition, Math Night will once again be held in Mareau-aux-Prés, a Loire Valley town near Orléans whose mayor, Bertrand Hauchecorne, is none other than the editor-in-chief of Tangente.
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Reading noteN°199Apr 27, 2021Enter the Tangente Prize for best article
The 2021 Tangente Best Article Prize is now open! Why not put pen to paper?
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