Tag: maths

Just last week, OpenAI dropped 372 papers covering various well-known unsolved problems in mathematics and computer science. As someone in the unfortunate position of soon applying for a PhD in maths, it seems to be harder than ever to get one’s foot in the door. How can I, a bright-eyed but inexperienced undergraduate, compete with thousands of machines trawling through the sum of all human knowledge in parallel?

An iPad exploded during a probability lecture this morning, filling the room with smoke and prompting an evacuation of the building. The incident took place...

What are the origins of the gender gap in Stem subjects at Oxford?

Despite the department’s best efforts, the gender discrepancy in results for BA Maths increased this year

The Queen awarded Oxford a Regius professorship in maths and an academic won the Shaw Prize