Monday 1st December, 19:15 for pre-drink and 20:00 for meal

Dinner

Dome at Murray Edwards College (New Hall)
 
Dress Code: Black Tie
Ticket Price: Members £21 non-drinker / £24.50 drinker
Non-members £24 non-drinker / £27.5 drinker

To reserve a place, please sign up online by Wednesday 19th HERE. Please send/UMS your cheque, payable to "CU Biological Society", to Tamara Hornik, Murray Edwards by Sunday 23rd at the latest. Your place will be confirmed upon receipt of your cheque. View the menu

Friday 21st November, 5:30 - 6:30 pm

Seminar

CMS MR5
 
GEOMETRY WITHOUT PICTURES
by Alex Shannon

During the 20th century, it became apparent that studying geometric spaces was best achieved by studying the algebras of functions on those spaces. Classically, all such algebras are commutative, but if we forget about the original space and try to apply the same ideas, we end up with a form of 'non-commutative' geometry. This sheds light on lots of different geometric constructions, and in particular may underpin a rigorous explanation of the so-called Mirror Symmetry conjecture first made by physicists working on string theory.

Friday 14th November, 7.30 pm

Talk

CMS MR5
 
"Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities"
by Professor Ian Stewart

The legendary Ian Stewart discusses the mathematics that has most piqued his interest and caught his imagination since he was 14. The talk promises to be packed with interesting problems and amusing anecdotes. Not to be missed!

Talk is free to members, 1 pound for non-members.

We are dining with the speaker after the talk. If you would like to join us please email archim-ents@srcf.ucam.org asap.

Friday 31st October, 7.30 pm

Talk

CMS MR5
 
Practical Stochastic Financial Modelling: Being A Mathmo In The City
By Mr Colin Prue

- Intro to problem: deriving a scheme to automatically delta (and rho + vega) hedge a type of insurance product.
- Intro to hedging at a high level, what the firm wanted to do,brief discussion of risk and the costs of protection.
- Intro to risk-neutral valuation (SFM) from a market rather than classroom point of view. Chat about mathematics of delta hedging.
- Calibration of economic scenario models to market prices.
- Stochastic simulation as the City's answer to difficult stochastic integrals.

Tuesday 28 October, 6-8pm

Lecture

Bateman Hall, Caius
 
With the cost of living and inflation hitting the
headlines on a daily basis, rising commodity prices
is one of the key issues affecting life for many in
the UK. Learn more about the causes of these price
rises and what they mean for business, government
and consumers. The lecture will provide the latest
insights from a number of industries - great interview
preparation on one of today's hot topics.

Friday 17th October, 7.30 pm

Talk

CMS M5
 
"How mathmos got God, had sex, and changed the world"
by Dr. Piers Bursill-Hall

Renaissance Christian Platonism and how it changed the status of mathematical knowledge.

Talk is free to members, 1 pound for non-members.

We are dining with the speaker after the talk. If you would like to join us please email archim-ents@srcf.ucam.org.