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.
Will 2025 be the last square year in your lifetime?
2025 is exactly 45×45. The last square year was 1936 (44×44), and the next will be 2116 (46×46). So let’s make this year a good one! Happy New Year everybody. Wishing you a year of happiness, joy and maths!
2024 in Review: Maths Society reviews a year in mathematics
Whether its bringing us a step closer to creating a Grand Unified Theory of mathematics, understanding randomness in our universe, the astonishing advances of AI in maths or even just discovering a new prime number, there have been so many great achievements in the world of maths over the past year.
Season’s Greetings from Maths Society
Everyone at Maths Society wishes you all the best this festive season! However you mark Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the New Year or the December Solstice, make sure to spread the love, joy and knowledge of maths far and wide.
The Seven Bridges of Königsberg
This is the city of Königsberg in the 18th century. The problem was simple: Can you walk through the city and cross each bridge exactly once?
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.
