You may have noticed we are running a series of short films on the maths behind popular games (card, board, digital, nothing is off limits). So we want contributors for the following games plus any ideas you have of your own.

Poker, Blackjack, Roulette, Chess, Go, Bridge, Monopoly, Tsuro, Carcasonne, Cathedral, Minecraft, Catan, Ticket to Ride, Saboteur, Projective Noughts and Crosses, Projective Set, Splendour, Minesweeper, Backgammon, etc.

It's the Week 1 Student Bulletin! 

We hope you've settled back into Oxford life, and have managed to enjoy the sunshine this week! 

Read on for Café π news, a call for board game players, and next week's Fridays@2 session.

A clip from James Maynard's Sophie Germain Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture, one of five talks celebrating Sophie's life, work and influence held at the Royal Institution on 1 April, Sophie's 250th. You can watch all five talks - our own Lukas Brantner, Ana Caraiani, Laura Monk and a Chladni figures demonstration by Dan Plane as well as James - here

On Hilbert’s sixth problem: from particles to waves - Prof. Zaher Hani (University of Michigan)

May 8th (next Friday), L1

Abstract

Common Room, 5 pm today. All drinks are free.

The UKRI funded national mentoring scheme for early career researchers in mathematics, statistics and computer science that identify as LGBTQ+ is looking for mentees and mentors.