The entanglement membrane in 2d CFT: reflected entropy, RG flow, and information velocity
 Jiang, H Mezei, M Virrueta, J Journal of High Energy Physics volume 2025 issue 6 (12 Jun 2025)
Wed, 06 Aug 2025
17:00
Lecture Theatre 1

From Theorems to Serums, From Cryptography to Cosmology … and The Simpsons - Simon Singh

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Join science writer Simon Singh on a whistle-stop tour through two decades of his bestselling books. 'Fermat’s Last Theorem' looks at one of the biggest mathematical puzzles of the millennium; 'The Code Book' shares the secrets of cryptology; 'Big Bang' explores the history of cosmology; 'Trick or Treatment' asks some hard questions about alternative medicine; and 'The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets' explains how TV writers, throughout the show’s 35-year history, have smuggled in mathematical jokes.

Please email @email to register to attend in person.

The lecture will be broadcast on the Oxford Mathematics YouTube Channel on Wednesday 27 August at 5-6pm and any time after (no need to register for the online version).

The Vicky Neale Public Lectures are a partnership between the Clay Mathematics Institute, PROMYS and Oxford Mathematics. The Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures are generously supported by XTX Markets.

Short stories

We made a film about knots which received a lot of feedback (from boy scouts and retired sailors rather than mathematicians). So we made a follow-up. Over to you Sergio.

[Knots]

Kate Wenqi Zhu wins a Leslie Fox Prize

Kate has been awarded a second prize in the IMA Leslie Fox Prize in Numerical Analysis for her research paper and presentation of the paper. She was one of six finalists out of a large number of submissions. 

A first prize was awarded to James Foster who was previously a PhD student and postdoc here in Oxford Mathematics. 

Academy for the Mathematical Sciences Fellows

The Academy for the Mathematical Sciences is actively seeking applications for its first cohort of Fellows. The closing date for applications is Monday 15th September, 2025 at 23.59 (UK time).

Further details, for both Applicants and their Sponsors, about the role of Fellows and the application process can be found here.

Edge modes, extended TQFT, and measurement based quantum computation
 Wong, G Journal of High Energy Physics volume 2025 issue 6 205 (20 Jun 2025)

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