“11:15, restate my assumptions: 1. Mathematics is the language of nature. 2. Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers. 3. If you graph these numbers, patterns emerge. Therefore: There are patterns everywhere in nature.” That’s a quote from one of my favourite movies; Darren Aronofsky’s Pi, about a mathematician that hypothesises a pattern inherent in the stock market and so sets about finding it. In their hastily rearranged kit launch on Monday, Arsenal announced that Alexis Sánchez was to change his squad number to 7 for next season. Doing so served a dual purpose. Firstly, it was marketing bait to persuade people not only to buy the new shirt, but...
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