On Wednesday 16th October (Week 1), at 4:30pm in Lecture Theatre 1 of the Andrew Wiles Building, Professor Ofra Magidor will be speaking on 'Infinite Jesters: what can philosophers learn from a puzzle involving infinitely many clowns?’. All Mathematics & Philosophy, Physics & Philosophy, and Computer Science & Philosophy undergraduates are welcome. Although this is a welcome lecture for our first-years, all Philosophy and joint school students and staff members are welcome to attend as well! 

The Head of Department, Prof. James Sparks, warmly invites you to the Annual Institute Celebration, to be held at 5.00pm on Monday 21st October (week 2), in Lecture Room 1, Mathematical Institute. We are delighted to announce that Prof. Christl Donnelly will be giving a talk. This will be followed by a presentation of certificates to the winners of the Preliminary Examination and Final Honour School prizes. The evening will conclude with a drinks reception in the Mezzanine.

The Prelims Maths Corner is back! 

In Michaelmas, we will once again be running the Maths Corner from 11am-12:15pm on Thursdays in the Mezz Study Room from Weeks 2-8. 

The University now has 50 full Sanctuary scholarships awarded both last year and this year and through a newly created Oxford Sanctuary Community and University of Sanctuary Committee, we have strengthened relationships with local organisations, such as Asylum Welcome. 

Framing global structural identifiability in terms of parameter
symmetries
Borgqvist, J Browning, A Ohlsson, F Baker, R (02 Oct 2024) http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.03757v1
Gap phenomena under curvature restrictions
Honda, S Mondino, A (07 Oct 2024)

Featuring over 20 cultural events throughout October and November, many of which offer concessions tickets for students and those aged 25 and under and some are free to attend, Adventures in Consciousness is an inspiring season that explores consciousness and what it means to be human. 

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