Benjamin has proved a longstanding problem about the limits of addition which Erdös posed in a 1965 paper.
You can read about his work showing how, in any set composed of integers, there's a large subset of numbers that must be sum-free, in this article from the excellent Quanta magazine.
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Born on this day: American mathematician Edward Norton Lorenz
Check out the RSL wellbeing calendar to find all the upcoming wellbeing events at the Radcliffe Science Library, including free ice cream, craft and chat, and the shredding of the worry box!
The Summer Graduate and Internship Fair 2025 is now taking place at the Maths Institute!
The fair, which takes place on Tuesday 10 June from 14:30, offers Oxford students, researchers, and alumni the chance to meet a diverse range of recruiters who are offering full-time jobs, internships, and other opportunities starting this summer, as well as vacancies that will be opening for the 2025-2026 intake.
More info at https://lnkd.in/dMiANf4W.
Over five years ago, when the wonderful Vicky Neale instigated and ran the Bulletin, your now self-appointed Song of the Week Editor suggested the odd song or poem to accompany the maths. Those suggestions don't appear in the full Song of the Week list (links now fixed), but to celebrate - or commiserate - Song of the Week at 5, here is the first ever suggestion.
Let Sandy Denny break your heart.
