SHU Maths Society

Welcome to the official twitter page of the SHU Maths Society! Don't forget to follow us so that you can stay up to date on any news, updates and events. We aim to spread awareness of the society and continue to grow, so ask your friends and course mates to give us a follow too!

Artificial Intelligence has solved one of the ‘grand challenges’ of biology. On our blog, Science Director @RogerHighfield talks to John Jumper, head of the @DeepMind landmark ‘AlphaFold’ project, about what this means for the race to combat COVID-19: bit.ly/3nxuzge

'The boundary condition of the universe is that it has no boundary.' -- Stephen Hawking

A perfect number is the sum of the divisors less than itself. For example, 6 = 1+2+3.

The numerator doesn't have to be 1.

Take prime whose reciprocal has an even period. Split a period in half and add the halves.

'All possible 'definitions' of probability fall short of the actual practice.' -- William Feller

Week 9 was patisserie week and the assignment was to create a cube entirely from smaller cube-shaped cakes. Well, we have the most fun of cubes in our collection – the Magic Cube, made in 1978 and later sold as the iconic Rubik’s cube. bit.ly/2UWBJxN

The Riccati equation y' = a(x) y^2 + b(x) y + c(x) can be turned into a 2nd order linear equation for w where y = w'/aw.

Happy Women's Entrepreneurship Day! Check out this great piece by our CEO @anna_brailsford in @tech_eu tech.eu/features/34204… #WED2020 #WomensEntrepreneurshipDay #womenintech #upskilling #training #careerdevelopment #growth #thrive #womensday

We’re back!! Join us on Monday 17th February, 7PM @ Bloo 88 for a meal followed by drinks! Make sure to let us know that you’re going on the Facebook event page - see you all there 🤩

don’t forget to wear your Christmas jumper to uni on Tuesday 17th December 2019 and get into the festive spirit 🎅🏻 🎄🤶🏻

Come along to our next social at Jump Inc on Friday the 22nd @ 3pm! Make sure you’re a member if you want to attend (hallamstudentsunion.com/soc/12605/) and make sure to follow our Facebook page too!

facebook.com/events/2423049… Come along to the RAF LIVE Sheffield Hallam on campus talk on Tuesday 5th November (12-1PM)! This session will help you to understand who the RAF are, what they do and how their work makes a difference.

What do you call a sheep on a trampoline? A woolly jumper !!!!!! You guessed it - come along to our next social on the 22nd November 2019, it will have you jumping for joy!

Did you know that the SHU Maths Society has a Twitter account? Follow them @SHUMathsSoc 👍 Also, @SHUMaths is now on Instagram 🙂

Wednesday 9th: Did you know that there's a Maths Society - run by maths students, for maths students? You can find more information here: hallamstudentsunion.com/soc/12605/

thanks to everyone that came to the pub golf social last night, keep an eye out on our social media for info on the next one!

if you’re not already on your way be sure to pop in for a free cocktail or pint, cheers 🥂🍻

the committee is at revs now! come and find us (we’re in the middle)