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Tangente Book Prize 2015: results & winners | Tangente
The jury has delivered its verdict. It awarded the Tangente Book Prize to Vincent Borrelli and Jean-Luc Rullière, and also gave a special mention to two great ladies, Stella Baruk and Évelyne Barbin.

Finance, medicine, justice... Mistakes, yes; mathematics, no!
The media regularly blur the distinction between mathematics as a formidable tool and the ways in which some people use it—incorrectly, ideologically or with deliberately malicious intent.

Sophie Germain stamp: first look at the design | Tangente
A woman at the IHP!

Tangente Trophies 2015: Full Results | Tangente
In addition to the Tangente Book Prize, two other trophies were awarded on December 9 at the Palais du Luxembourg: the Bernard Novelli Prize and the Best Article Prize.

2016, a rich vintage
The entire Tangente editorial team joins in wishing its readers a very happy 2016. The gift it has cooked up for you? A bouquet of properties of the number 2016!

Euler's correspondence with his contemporaries | Tangente
Leonhard Euler maintained an extensive network of correspondents across Enlightenment Europe. His exchanges with Christian Goldbach, of particular interest for number theory, have just been published.

Mathematical Art: Geometry and Creation | Tangente
Art and geometry always go well together; the material doesn't matter — wood, brick or even chocolate — as long as the shape is beautiful.

Star Squash : classer 8 joueurs en matchs | Tangente
Contrairement à une idée largement répandue, l'Institut Intergalactique n'a pas pour seul objectif de former des têtes bien pleines. Il s'est également fixé pour mission de doter ses étudiants de corps bien faits. Les pratiques sportives y sont donc fortement encouragées.

Urnes de Polya et Ehrenfest : probabilites | Tangente
Et si la probabilité changeait après chaque tirage des boules d'une urne ?

Le lacage de chaussure : quel schema est incorrect ? | Tangente

Que de ballons : choisissez les bons lots | Tangente

Bonnes nageuses : calculez le rapport de vitesse | Tangente

La balle de tennis flottante et le cercle | Tangente

Ballon de football : longueur de couture | Tangente

Courses en mer : le paradoxe du classement cyclique | Tangente

♦♦♦ Coupe de France …

Roland Garros : combien de scores possibles ? | Tangente

Les experts : combien d equipes dans le championnat ? | Tangente

Grand rallye pédestre : combien de concurrents ? | Tangente

Roulette : probabilites et loi des petits nombres | Tangente

