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You've reached the website of the Warwick Mathematics Society, a student society based at the University of Warwick.
To find out more about the society view the About Us page and join us on Facebook to keep up to date with everything going on!
To see what the society is up to and what we have planned, view the Events page.
If you would like to join the society you can do so through the Warwick SU website.
Already part of the society? You may like to register yourself on our website so you can access the members-only content, or contribute some content of your own!
The society is academically focused, we offer a number of things to our members:
Learn LaTeX is our course (both online and in person) that will help you get to grips with typesetting mathematics on a computer.
Maths Cafe runs every Wednesday in the undergraduate common room, during terms 1 and 2.
Revision Cafe runs every Wednesday and Friday in the undergraduate common room, during term 3 only.
Discussion Groups are twice weekly talks about interesting mathematics.
On top of the academic support that we offer, the society runs regular socials throughout the year.
Right at the start of the year, we host The Integrating Factor! We spend the night in the Staff Common Room (simply because you won't ever go in there during the rest of the year) accompanied with free food and drink. Being at the start of the year it's a fantastic opportunity to meet new freshers and quite literally 'integrate' with students from all levels of study.
There's also Topological Banana, when the society heads to the union for Top Banana. Beforehand we go to a bar or two so everyone can just chill and forget about maths for a while.
The Pub Golf tournament takes place annually around the public houses of Royal Leamington Spa. Don't know what it is? Look it up on Wikipedia!
Of course, not all of our socials involve drinking. Keeping with the golf theme, we do a bit of Frisbee Golf, Laser Tag and have trips to various curry houses and eat-as-much-as-you-like restaurants throughout the year.
And it all culminates in the final social of the year, the Annual WMS Summer BBQ and Puzzle Trail! Wow! After exams in Term 3, we give you more free food and alcohol in an amazing end of year barbecue. But before that, there's a fantastic yet challenging Puzzle Trail, where you work in teams to solve clues hidden all across campus in order to complete the trail and possibly win a prize!
There are a number of ways that you can get involved with the running of the society. We are split into a number of 'groups' that handle distinct areas of the society. If you want to join a group all you need to do is be a member of the society and click subscribe on one of the group pages.
You can come along to any of our events and join in.
If you would like to join the society you can do so through the Warwick SU website.
You can contact the society through the contact page.
You can create a warwickmaths.org account here in order to access a bit more content on our website. When you register, make sure you enter your Uni ID number. If you are a member of the society then you will gain access to a whole load more content, including our revision guides and the ability to vote in our elections!
In order to become a society member, you will need to buy society membership from Warwick SU. Once you have done this, please wait for an hour before your student ID number is validated. After this, your warwickmaths.org account will become fully functional
Finally, join our Facebook group to keep up to date with everything that the society is doing. Do it! You know you want to!
Jane Street are coming to give a talk to WMS members on Monday 25th Feb (Week 8) at 6pm in MS.03. During the talk, you can learn more about what Jane Street do, find out about the questions they ask in their interview process and get free Domino's Pizza.
Jane Street hire year round and predominately take graduates who are great at problem solving, so if you are still looking for something to do over the summer or for a job later this year, you should check them out!
Jane Street is a quantitative proprietary trading firm that operates around the clock and around the globe. We bring a deep understanding of markets, a scientific approach, and innovative technology to bear on the problem of trading profitably in the world's highly competitive financial markets.
The culture at Jane Street is open, informal, intellectual, and fun. You can wear a T-shirt and jeans to the office every day, the kitchen is stocked, and the debates are lively. Teaching and learning are everywhere: organized classes and seminars, freewheeling discussions, intensive one-on-one mentorship. Advancement is rapid; there are always more responsibilities waiting when you're ready for them, more ideas to pursue if you have the tenacity to follow through. Our flat structure means your ideas matter, not your job title.
Jane Street doesn’t seek outside investment and doesn’t have customers. Our growth comes from hiring and training amazing people and giving them the tools they need to innovate.
Don't forget to get involved with this years elections!
http://warwickmaths.org/election
The venue of this event has been moved to MS.01!
In week 6, we have a special Discussion Group run in conjunction with our primary sponsor, Atass Sports. This week, Richard Hill will come and discuss the topic of Predicting Football Results, on Monday 11th Feb at 6pm in MS.01.
This topic is suitable for first years and above.
For as long as there has been competitive football, spectators have tried to predict match outcomes in advance - both for entertainment and for financial gain. However, only with the development of modern statistical techniques (coupled with advances in computing) has it become possible to build sophisticated forecasting models that can accurately assess the probability of each possible scoreline. The output of such models can be compared against the "market view" expressed by traders on an online betting exchange, thereby highlighting promising betting opportunities.
The Warwick Maths Society is sponsored by Atass Sports. For more information on Atass, and for opportunities for internships and graduate programmes, visit Atass-Sports.co.uk or contact Richard Hill at rich.hill@atassltd.co.uk
ATASS Sports is a statistical research consultancy providing quality modelling and analysis for the sports industry. Atass combines expertise in statistical analysis and research with in-depth sports knowledge, to provide statistical forecasting, probability evaluation and enhanced understanding of professional sports.
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It's time to find out who is the most quick witted... intelligent... superior... and knows the most random information.
Week 5 Friday 8th February, 8.30pm Kelseys, Leamington
1st Prize - £100 2nd Prize - £50 3rd Prize - £30
FREE ENTRY, Max Team Size of 4 people
Teach First is an independent charity that provides the training and support to enable high-calibre graduates to make a real impact in addressing one of the UK’s most damaging social issues, educational disadvantage. At the same time, while they are transforming the lives of young people in schools around the country, Teach First helps graduates to dramatically enhance their own career potential, in schools and elsewhere, and become part of a movement that is effecting profound change throughout the UK.
Few other options offer the same degree of genuine responsibility so early. And rarely, if ever, will graduates have the opportunity to make such a direct and important impact.
To find out more please visit http://www.teachfirst.org.uk/TFHome/ or contact your Graduate Recruiter, Ollie, directly at olongworth@teachfirst.org.uk
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In today’s competitive graduate market place Assessment Centres are commonly used by companies recruiting graduates as a key part of their selection process. They do, however, come in all shapes and sizes. This session aims to give a comprehensive overview of the range of activities you can expect at Assessment Centres, and also offer some hints, tips and practice in the most commonly used activities. Learn how to match your skills with company competencies as well as what to expect on the day, how to prepare and how to sell yourself.
If you are applying to an internship or grad schemes, come along to the Assessment Centre skills session run by Teach First! We have some guys coming to Warwick from Teach First who will be there to give you advice on how to perform amazingly at assessment centres and make yourself stand out to employers!
The session will be held on Monday, 4th February from 6.15pm in A1.01 in the Maths & Stats department (through the entrance to Maths & Stats, head to the first floor by taking the stairs next to the lift on your right. Turn left out of the door and A1.01 will be on your left!) There also will be refreshments provided at the end of the evening.
Please note that this session is not Teach First specific and is here to provide help and advice for a generic application.
To sign up for this event, please follow this link and click on sign up at the bottom of the page.
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This week's DG is by Ben Briggs (last year's Academic Support officer if you didn't already know) and will be on Galois Theory, Covering Spaces and Grothendieck Topologies. We are in a new room as well: B3.03 but at the same time of Tuesday at 6pm.
A lot of constructions in set theory and geometry can be done by thinking about sets (or groups or rings...) varying continuously over a topological space. Grothendieck wanted to be able to consider sets varying nicely over other things. What was needed was a good notion of 'covering' in a much more general setting than topological spaces.
An analogy between Galois theory for fields and covering space theory in topology led Grothendieck to define a new notion of topology. We'll look at this analogy, and a few other examples, to get to the moral of the story: 'geometry and algebra go in opposite directions'. All of this leads to awesome new maths.
Suitable for third/fourth years and keen second years, but having heard of Galois theory and covering spaces will make things more interesting.