About us
We are Maths Society, a student society exploring maths for everyone, dedicated to bringing the joy and knowledge of the world of maths to local communities and across the globe through competitions, events, reports and articles developed by our student community, the perfect place for you to find or feed your love of maths.
Understanding Hilbert’s Paradox of the Grand Hotel
Hilbert’s Paradox of the Grand Hotel is a fascinating thought experiment in mathematics, introduced by German mathematician David Hilbert in the early 20th century. You arrive at a hotel with an infinite number of rooms, but they are all full. However, you can still check in and get a room. Want to find out how?
Meet the London Mathematical Society
As one of five Learned Societies for Mathematics in the UK, and one of the world’s oldest mathematical societies, you’ve might have heard of the London Mathematical Society (LMS), and maybe even attended a lecture by them. Have you ever wondered who they actually are, or a bit more about them?
Japanese mathematician Masaki Kashiwara awarded 2025 Abel Prize
On 20 May in Oslo, the prestigious Abel Prize, often dubbed the ‘Nobel Prize of Mathematics’, was awarded to Professor Masaki Kashiwara of Kyoto University. Kashiwara’s work, like that of many outstanding mathematicians, is about linking mathematical fields together. It involves using algebra as a tool to investigate geometry and symmetry.
Book Review: Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity by Marcus du Sautoy
Mathematics and Art. Two completely different subjects? Most people are on one side or the other. The side of rigid logic and emotionless detachment involving using the fundamentals of science to solve problems, and the other a flourishing canvas of passion and emotions that is drawn from our inner self. Basically, boring maths sums and drawing a picture. Right? Wrong.
René Frédéric Thom
2 September
René Thom was born on 2 September 1923, and was a French mathematician who received the Fields Medal in 1958. He made his reputation as a topologist, moving on to aspects of singularity theory. He became famous among the wider academic community for his work as founder of catastrophe theory.
