What exactly a mathematics degree entails is perhaps considered one of the mysteries of the modern world; not only for the public at large but also for the majority of the cohort of students who every year embark on a degree programme with ‘mathematics’ in the title. Paul Wakeley looks back on his expectations before starting a maths degree and the reality some six years later.
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