The Oxford University Maths Society

Termcard for Hilary 2011

Unless otherwise stated, events take place on a Tuesday in the Maths Institute at around 8:15pm

Tuesday Week 1, 18th January - Noncommutative Geometry & Physics

Dr Keith Hannabuss – Balliol College

Keith Hannabuss' research includes Quantum Theory, Noncommutative Geometry and Operator Algebras. In the talk, we will see how some of these interact with each other, stressing the importance of geometry in the study of physics.

Tuesday Week 2, 25th January - 75th Anniversary Talk: Euler – 300 years on

Prof. Leonhard Euler – Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences, St Petersburg

The Invariant Society celebrates its 75th anniversary in style with a man who made large contributions to a great variety of fields, including the famous 'Seven Bridges of Königsberg' problem. Prof. Euler will reminisce about his life and mathematical works.

Wednesday Week 2, 26th January - Information is Beautiful (with OU Scientific Society)

Mr David McCandless

Data visualisations and information design is a rising trend across many disciplines: science, design, and journalism. Some interesting and unexpected things can happen when you visualise data, knowledge and ideas.

Tuesday Week 3, 1st February - Cosmology

Prof. Sir Roger Penrose - Wadham College

Renowned for his work in mathematical physics, in particular his contributions to general relativity and cosmology, Sir Roger Penrose has received a number of prizes and awards, including the 1988 Wolf Prize for physics which he shared with Stephen Hawking. He will speak to us about the wonders of the cosmos and some exciting recent advances.

Tuesday Week 4, 8th February - Members' Papers

Various

This annual event gives our members the chance to shine by presenting their own papers. We will divide the usual time over a variety of members' interests.

Tuesday Week 5, 15th February - A Variety of Flags

Dr Jan Grabowski - Keble College

To a mathematician, a flag is a collection of subspaces of a vector space. The collection of all flags has a fascinating geometrical and algebraic structure; we will explore some examples and a few related topics.

Tuesday Week 6, 22th February - Emmy Noether

Prof. Harvey Brown - Wolfson College

Amalie Emmy Noether was an influential German mathematician known for her groundbreaking contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics. David Hilbert, Albert Einstein and others described her as the most important woman in the history of mathematics. We will look at her work in physics.

Tuesday Week 7, 29th February - Mythical beasts in algebra

Dr James Cranch - University of Leicester

For decades, mathematicians have motivated much work by referring to several deeply interesting algebraic objects which sadly fail to exist under the normal definitions. We will see several of these.

Tuesday Week 8, 8th March - Annual General Meeting

N/A

The AGM is a chance for members to make their mark on the society by raising important issues or running for committee positions. We are holding elections for every committee position, so come along and get involved.

Termcard for Hilary 2011

Tuesday Week 1, 18th January - Noncommutative Geometry & Physics

Dr Keith Hannabuss – Balliol College

Tuesday Week 2, 25th January - 75th Anniversary Talk: Euler – 300 years on

Prof. Leonhard Euler – Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences, St Petersburg

Wednesday Week 2, 26th January - Information is Beautiful (with OU Scientific Society)

Mr David McCandless

Tuesday Week 3, 1st February - Cosmology

Prof. Sir Roger Penrose - Wadham College

Tuesday Week 4, 8th February - Members' Papers

Various

Tuesday Week 5, 15th February - A Variety of Flags

Dr Jan Grabowski - Keble College

Tuesday Week 6, 22th February - Emmy Noether

Prof. Harvey Brown - Wolfson College

Tuesday Week 7, 29th February - Mythical beasts in algebra

Dr James Cranch - University of Leicester

Tuesday Week 8, 8th March - Annual General Meeting

N/A

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