In case you missed or, more likely, deleted the email this week, we are looking for volunteers for a series of short films about using maths (yours and maths generally) in everyday life, wittingly or unwittingly, or not at all.
So far we have had a LOT of cooking including bread and marmalade, but also pondering on how the plane you are sitting in is staying up there, and doing household chores in the most optimal way.
Email Dyrol (mathematically).
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Well, there are no plans for reviews or bonuses or gifts, but we are good for everything else.
Oxford Mathematics Christmas Party, 12th December, 4pm, Common Room. All teams welcome.
Join us on Tuesday, 3 December, from 12 to 2 pm. To book, simply speak to our café staff or email us at @email
You can also use your cost centre vouchers for all bookings.
From today, the College Store which sells our swag (and that of many colleges and departments) will launch its Green Friday campaign.
This offers a 15% discount on all items. Additionally, for every order placed using the discount code GREEN15, they will plant two trees instead of the one they usually plant on most purchases.
You may remember that we planned to make films about our collaborations, whether within Oxford Mathematics, or with the wider mathematical community, or with other disciplines in Oxford and beyond.
Here is the first example, a story of the biggest (and smelliest) flower in the world. This is the long version. A shorter version went out on our social media.
And please contact Dyrol if you think your collaborative work would make a good film.
Coming out of their shell: how the natural world is teaching mathematicians about geometry (image) - Alain Goriely
Gravitational Spin Degrees of Freedom - Seyed Faroogh Moosavian
Did you know that nearly 40 early career researchers in the department actively play a musical instrument? If you haven't told us yet about your extra-mathematical talents, especially faculty, please let Dyrol know which instrument you play. We may (may) do a feature next term on maths and music. You know, get a band together, that sort of thing.
Image?
A French horn, one of the instruments we play.