Oxford Mathematics
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Official account of the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
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
That sinking feeling.
In our latest foray into the mathematics of the kitchen, Sam Howison is chained to the kitchen sink. Quite right.
Only another 170 or so episodes to go.
In our latest foray into the mathematics of the kitchen, Sam Howison is chained to the kitchen sink. Quite right.
Only another 170 or so episodes to go.
September 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
That sinking feeling.
In our latest foray into the mathematics of the kitchen, Sam Howison is chained to the kitchen sink. Quite right.
Only another 170 or so episodes to go.
In our latest foray into the mathematics of the kitchen, Sam Howison is chained to the kitchen sink. Quite right.
Only another 170 or so episodes to go.
September 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
What's it like round here? What are the people like? What do they do when they are not doing maths? Do they have fun?
Films about people who also do maths. @joshuabull.bsky.social
Films about people who also do maths. @joshuabull.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
What's it like round here? What are the people like? What do they do when they are not doing maths? Do they have fun?
Films about people who also do maths. @joshuabull.bsky.social
Films about people who also do maths. @joshuabull.bsky.social
Probability can be counterintuitive. Or, to put it another way, plain baffling. But there's always an explanation. Becky Crossley picks her favourite example. And tries to draw a goat.
Watch the full video (with extra maths): youtu.be/zf17UgsFYCw
Watch the full video (with extra maths): youtu.be/zf17UgsFYCw
September 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Probability can be counterintuitive. Or, to put it another way, plain baffling. But there's always an explanation. Becky Crossley picks her favourite example. And tries to draw a goat.
Watch the full video (with extra maths): youtu.be/zf17UgsFYCw
Watch the full video (with extra maths): youtu.be/zf17UgsFYCw
Oxford, 6th May 1954, Roger Bannister becomes the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. But what is the mathematics behind such feats? Oxford, 25th September 2025, Amandine Aftalion will tell us.
Full information including online details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/72944
Full information including online details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/72944
September 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Oxford, 6th May 1954, Roger Bannister becomes the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. But what is the mathematics behind such feats? Oxford, 25th September 2025, Amandine Aftalion will tell us.
Full information including online details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/72944
Full information including online details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/72944
What did you have for breakfast this morning? A couple of slices of toast perhaps? Great, but a little more burnt than you wanted? It often happens, doesn't it. Blame maths.
Sam Howison sets off the smoke alarm.
Sam Howison sets off the smoke alarm.
September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
What did you have for breakfast this morning? A couple of slices of toast perhaps? Great, but a little more burnt than you wanted? It often happens, doesn't it. Blame maths.
Sam Howison sets off the smoke alarm.
Sam Howison sets off the smoke alarm.
Quantum is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics master's student Anjali Waghmare is our quantum go-between.
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics master's student Anjali Waghmare is our quantum go-between.
September 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Quantum is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics master's student Anjali Waghmare is our quantum go-between.
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics master's student Anjali Waghmare is our quantum go-between.