Tickets for A Night at the Oscars: Warwick Maths, Physics and Stats Ball are still for sale on the SU website this week. Get your ticket here!
If you’re interested in competing in the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP) Mathematical Contest in Modelling (MCM), note that signup closes on Sunday (8th). See our post on the contest for details.
Regular Events Schedule
On Wednesday (4th), we will be running Maths Café in the UG Workroom as always, from 1300 to 1500. As usual, we will be bringing some food for you to enjoy.
If you have any academic questions, our academic support officers (and many other attendees) will be happy to help. Also feel free to ask any questions about LaTeX.
Also on Wednesday (4th), the Introduction to Tikz/PGF LaTeX Course will be running in A0.02, from 1600 to 1800. This course is aimed at second years and onwards who may need to use Tikz/PGF in essays and research projects.
This course will not cover setting up a LaTeX environment and will assume a reasonable amount of familiarity with LaTeX. Having a local LaTeX installation for this introduction is recommended, but not required.
On Thursday (5th), we are running Coffee and Cake, our weekly welfare event, from 1100 to 1200, in MB0.08. Drop in to get a hot drink and some food (including some Christmas-themed snacks and cakes!), and relax with others in an informal and friendly environment.
Also on Thursday (5th), we have our regularly scheduled WMS Talk titled On the Embeddedness of Minimal Surfaces, with student speaker Aris Mercier (one of our Academic Support Officers), in MS.04, starting at 1800.
Abstract:
Roughly speaking, a minimal surface is one that locally minimises its surface area among all surfaces which share a common boundary. These surfaces are of great importance in mathematics and physics, with their study forming an active area of research. The talk begins with a gentle introduction to geometric measure theory. We then demonstrate that, under certain conditions on their boundary, minimal surfaces must be smoothly embedded, and conclude by establishing links to a famous theorem of Milnor in topology.
Note that there will be no pizza for the talk this week. Instead, pizza will be available at Integrating Factor (see below).
Also on Thursday (5th), we have our Annual Christmas Party: The Integrating Factor, in the Maths UG Workroom from 1900 to 2200. Come along to unwind, celebrate the festive season and enjoy some free alcohol and pizza, with no maths required!
For first year undergraduate students, our Academic Support Officers, Aris and Kit, will be running an MA141 Analysis 1 revision lecture on Friday (6th) in MS.02 from 1800 to 1900 to help you prepare for your Analysis 1 exam in January. Come along with questions, or fill in this form ahead of time to suggest topics you’d like to see covered.