Join Marcus as he takes us on a mathematical journey across the centuries and through countries, continents and cultures in search of the games we love to play. Based on his new book, he looks at the way mathematics has always been deeply intertwined with games and investigates how games themselves can provide us with opportunities for mathematical insight into the world.
Patterns in Science and Art - Liliane Lijn, Marcus du Sautoy and Fatos Ustek with Conrad Shawcross
Thursday 28th September, 5.30-6.45pm
Mathematical Institute, Oxford
The search for and creation of patterns is intrinsic to both science and art. But so is the desire to understand how and why those patterns break down and to uncover the implications for the scientist and the artist.
The Clay Research Conference will be held on Wednesday, 27 September in L1. The plenary speakers will be Valentin Blomer (Bonn), John Pardon (Princeton), Laure Saint Raymond (IHES) and Chenyang Xu (Princeton).
Associated workshops will be held throughout the week of the conference, 25-29 September:
- About Entropy in Large Classical Particle Systems
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K-stability and Birational Geometry
Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture
Four Ways of Thinking: Statistical, Interactive, Chaotic and Complex - David Sumpter
Wednesday 13 September 2023, 5 - 6pm Andrew Wiles Building
Mathematics is about finding better ways of reasoning. But for many applied mathematicians, the primary mission is to shape their minds in a way that gets them closer to the truth. The calculations are secondary, the real question is: how we can better understand the world around us?
Now showing in the South Mezzanine for four weeks, 'Beyond Boundaries' is a science-inspired art competition run by our MPLS division which was open to all Oxfordshire state school students in Years 5, 6, 7, and 8.
They were invited to create artwork (any type of artwork) inspired by the research of Oxford Scientists from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. It was initially held at the Natural History Museum.
Imagination is the creative force for artists. But what about mathematicians and scientists? What part does imagination play in their work? What do the artist and the scientist have in common? And how do each envision things that will never be seen?
In this panel discussion two scientists and one artist, all leaders in their field, will provide an answer. They have more in common than you would think.
Next week, in partnership with the Clay Mathematics Institute, we host Hatfest. This is a celebration of the new aperiodic monotile, with a public talk and workshops on the 20th of July and mathematical talks aimed at a broad audience on 21st July. Why not come and join us?
The speakers are Natalie Frank, Adolfo Grushin, Craig Kaplan, Jarkko Kari, Chaim Goodman-Strauss, Daniel Roca González, Rachel Greenfeld, Shrey Sanadhya, Lorenzo Sadun, Marjorie Senechal, Jamie Walton and our own Roger Penrose.