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How much human hyperbole has been spent on job descriptions and advertisements?
We're looking for two researchers in stochastic analysis.
Details together with other vacancies: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
We're looking for two researchers in stochastic analysis.
Details together with other vacancies: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
November 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
How much human hyperbole has been spent on job descriptions and advertisements?
We're looking for two researchers in stochastic analysis.
Details together with other vacancies: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
We're looking for two researchers in stochastic analysis.
Details together with other vacancies: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Just as diseases evolve, so do the means to tackle them. Christl Donnelly will discuss how novel data sources, contact network analysis, and rigorous approaches to uncertainty are all now playing a part.
Dec 3, 5.30 pm, Oxford (online later). Details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74823
Dec 3, 5.30 pm, Oxford (online later). Details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74823
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just as diseases evolve, so do the means to tackle them. Christl Donnelly will discuss how novel data sources, contact network analysis, and rigorous approaches to uncertainty are all now playing a part.
Dec 3, 5.30 pm, Oxford (online later). Details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74823
Dec 3, 5.30 pm, Oxford (online later). Details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74823
A puzzle from the Age of Enlightenment. Though three centuries of enlightenment haven't made it any less surprising.
Watch Robin Wilson's talk on the history of the endless number. It's π time:
youtu.be/MVfqWtKa8Yg
Watch Robin Wilson's talk on the history of the endless number. It's π time:
youtu.be/MVfqWtKa8Yg
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A puzzle from the Age of Enlightenment. Though three centuries of enlightenment haven't made it any less surprising.
Watch Robin Wilson's talk on the history of the endless number. It's π time:
youtu.be/MVfqWtKa8Yg
Watch Robin Wilson's talk on the history of the endless number. It's π time:
youtu.be/MVfqWtKa8Yg
Mathematics and physics often seem to occupy a world that seems designed to exclude. Higher dimensions are one of the best (or worst) examples. Four dimensions are just a start. Why not 5? Or 10? And they don't stop there.
They are a challenge for mathematicians too. Here's Luci.
They are a challenge for mathematicians too. Here's Luci.
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Mathematics and physics often seem to occupy a world that seems designed to exclude. Higher dimensions are one of the best (or worst) examples. Four dimensions are just a start. Why not 5? Or 10? And they don't stop there.
They are a challenge for mathematicians too. Here's Luci.
They are a challenge for mathematicians too. Here's Luci.
Where on earth is the best laboratory to demonstrate the beauty of fluid dynamics?
Actually, it’s not on earth. Here is the story of the soft cell.
And a longer read: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74308
Actually, it’s not on earth. Here is the story of the soft cell.
And a longer read: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74308
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Where on earth is the best laboratory to demonstrate the beauty of fluid dynamics?
Actually, it’s not on earth. Here is the story of the soft cell.
And a longer read: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74308
Actually, it’s not on earth. Here is the story of the soft cell.
And a longer read: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74308
Our inaugural Regius Professor of Mathematics, Andrew Wiles, retires in 2026 (not that mathematicians ever truly retire) and we are looking for his successor, starting in October of that year.
Full details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74751
Full details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74751
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Our inaugural Regius Professor of Mathematics, Andrew Wiles, retires in 2026 (not that mathematicians ever truly retire) and we are looking for his successor, starting in October of that year.
Full details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74751
Full details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74751
Introducing Pluto, a small, hungry cat and, like all his fellow Aristocats, an optical superhero.
Everyone wants to be a cat.
Everyone wants to be a cat.
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Introducing Pluto, a small, hungry cat and, like all his fellow Aristocats, an optical superhero.
Everyone wants to be a cat.
Everyone wants to be a cat.
You never know who'll you meet round here. People working in functional analysis or probability, mathematical physicists, applied mathematicians trying to model our environment, to name just a few. All of us hanging out in the same building. Come and join us: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
You never know who'll you meet round here. People working in functional analysis or probability, mathematical physicists, applied mathematicians trying to model our environment, to name just a few. All of us hanging out in the same building. Come and join us: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
What have the Pythagorean theorem and IKEA got in common?
Watch Robin Wilson's full talk on the story of the Pythagorean theorem: youtu.be/GQfML3Q9lt0
Watch Robin Wilson's full talk on the story of the Pythagorean theorem: youtu.be/GQfML3Q9lt0
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
What have the Pythagorean theorem and IKEA got in common?
Watch Robin Wilson's full talk on the story of the Pythagorean theorem: youtu.be/GQfML3Q9lt0
Watch Robin Wilson's full talk on the story of the Pythagorean theorem: youtu.be/GQfML3Q9lt0
Do you take your work home with you? It's kinda hard to avoid if you are a mathematician. The maths just follows you wherever you go.
Sam Howison prepares vegetables.
Sam Howison prepares vegetables.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Do you take your work home with you? It's kinda hard to avoid if you are a mathematician. The maths just follows you wherever you go.
Sam Howison prepares vegetables.
Sam Howison prepares vegetables.
Just another seminar on just another day...
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Just another seminar on just another day...
Many people think mathematics lives on the dark side.
Turns out they were right.
Turns out they were right.
October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Many people think mathematics lives on the dark side.
Turns out they were right.
Turns out they were right.
We're kicking off our next series of student lectures with a hot topic as Ian Hewitt's 'Mathematical Geoscience' 4th year lecture looks at the mathematics, physics and chemistry behind models of the Earth's temperature.
Watch: youtu.be/zsjIR4Qd7t4
Watch: youtu.be/zsjIR4Qd7t4
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We're kicking off our next series of student lectures with a hot topic as Ian Hewitt's 'Mathematical Geoscience' 4th year lecture looks at the mathematics, physics and chemistry behind models of the Earth's temperature.
Watch: youtu.be/zsjIR4Qd7t4
Watch: youtu.be/zsjIR4Qd7t4
Government got problems. Climate got problems. Energy policy got problems. We all got problems. So we need a wide range of people to hang out together to tackle them.
Becky Crossley describes an Evidence House hackathon (no, not that sort of hackathon).
Becky Crossley describes an Evidence House hackathon (no, not that sort of hackathon).
October 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Government got problems. Climate got problems. Energy policy got problems. We all got problems. So we need a wide range of people to hang out together to tackle them.
Becky Crossley describes an Evidence House hackathon (no, not that sort of hackathon).
Becky Crossley describes an Evidence House hackathon (no, not that sort of hackathon).
The freedom to go for it for three years?
Our Hooke and Titchmarsh Fellowships in pure and applied mathematics give you the space to follow a research path of your choice, a path that has proved instrumental in the careers of many previous fellows.
Details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Our Hooke and Titchmarsh Fellowships in pure and applied mathematics give you the space to follow a research path of your choice, a path that has proved instrumental in the careers of many previous fellows.
Details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
October 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The freedom to go for it for three years?
Our Hooke and Titchmarsh Fellowships in pure and applied mathematics give you the space to follow a research path of your choice, a path that has proved instrumental in the careers of many previous fellows.
Details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Our Hooke and Titchmarsh Fellowships in pure and applied mathematics give you the space to follow a research path of your choice, a path that has proved instrumental in the careers of many previous fellows.
Details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Robin Wilson's second talk on the equations that make mathematics stars the man whose work was studied in universities and schools for over 2000 years. Apparently Lewis Carroll for one was miffed when alternatives were used.
α + β+ γ = 180°: youtu.be/pgvMlEA_Js0
α + β+ γ = 180°: youtu.be/pgvMlEA_Js0
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Robin Wilson's second talk on the equations that make mathematics stars the man whose work was studied in universities and schools for over 2000 years. Apparently Lewis Carroll for one was miffed when alternatives were used.
α + β+ γ = 180°: youtu.be/pgvMlEA_Js0
α + β+ γ = 180°: youtu.be/pgvMlEA_Js0
Quick, quicker, less quick. Amandine Aftalion describes the trajectory of a 100m runner in this clip from her Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture.
Watch the full lecture here: youtu.be/UeGXwvXqUNA
Watch the full lecture here: youtu.be/UeGXwvXqUNA
October 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Quick, quicker, less quick. Amandine Aftalion describes the trajectory of a 100m runner in this clip from her Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture.
Watch the full lecture here: youtu.be/UeGXwvXqUNA
Watch the full lecture here: youtu.be/UeGXwvXqUNA
When you next go swimming, take some maths with you. And don't worry, maths is waterproof.
Nathan Creighton is in at the deep end.
Nathan Creighton is in at the deep end.
October 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
When you next go swimming, take some maths with you. And don't worry, maths is waterproof.
Nathan Creighton is in at the deep end.
Nathan Creighton is in at the deep end.
And so it begins.
9 am, first day of term, our first-year undergraduates gather for the first lecture of their Oxford mathematical lives. James Munro is our guy rolling the boards.
9 am, first day of term, our first-year undergraduates gather for the first lecture of their Oxford mathematical lives. James Munro is our guy rolling the boards.
October 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
And so it begins.
9 am, first day of term, our first-year undergraduates gather for the first lecture of their Oxford mathematical lives. James Munro is our guy rolling the boards.
9 am, first day of term, our first-year undergraduates gather for the first lecture of their Oxford mathematical lives. James Munro is our guy rolling the boards.
You too can write to your mathematical heart's content on our Common Room tables. And you can do it everyday for three years as part of a research group exploring connections between probability and number theory.
Role details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74283
Role details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74283
October 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
You too can write to your mathematical heart's content on our Common Room tables. And you can do it everyday for three years as part of a research group exploring connections between probability and number theory.
Role details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74283
Role details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74283
Next time someone calls you a birdbrain you should perhaps take it as a compliment.
Christiana Mavroyiakoumou is flying high.
Christiana Mavroyiakoumou is flying high.
October 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Next time someone calls you a birdbrain you should perhaps take it as a compliment.
Christiana Mavroyiakoumou is flying high.
Christiana Mavroyiakoumou is flying high.
You'd think all Olympic athletics tracks would be the same. And even if they aren't, as long as they are 400 metres, it won't affect the results.
But you'd be wrong on both counts. Amandine Aftalion explains. @cnrs.fr
But you'd be wrong on both counts. Amandine Aftalion explains. @cnrs.fr
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
You'd think all Olympic athletics tracks would be the same. And even if they aren't, as long as they are 400 metres, it won't affect the results.
But you'd be wrong on both counts. Amandine Aftalion explains. @cnrs.fr
But you'd be wrong on both counts. Amandine Aftalion explains. @cnrs.fr
October 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The autumn sun has collapsed across the Oxford horizon and friends are gathered to abandon thoughts of the working day. But one of them is a mathematician.
October 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The autumn sun has collapsed across the Oxford horizon and friends are gathered to abandon thoughts of the working day. But one of them is a mathematician.
The nights in Oxford are drawing in and so are our students, drawing in from all corners of the globe for another term of exploration, mathematical and personal. Groups and Group Actions is one of the courses they'll study later this year. Here's Group Homomorphisms:
youtu.be/3nMTZm7VAOk
youtu.be/3nMTZm7VAOk
September 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The nights in Oxford are drawing in and so are our students, drawing in from all corners of the globe for another term of exploration, mathematical and personal. Groups and Group Actions is one of the courses they'll study later this year. Here's Group Homomorphisms:
youtu.be/3nMTZm7VAOk
youtu.be/3nMTZm7VAOk