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The Archimedeans, or Cambridge University Mathematical Society, is open to anyone in Cambridge with an interest in mathematics.

On the academic side, we arrange fortnightly speaker meetings, where distinguished academics from around the UK, and occasionally abroad, come to talk to us. These talks are aimed at a general audience, so will be suitable for all undergraduates. We have also recently started a Seminars for Undergraduates Subgroup, which aims to provide undergraduates with interactive seminars, also fortnightly, to give them an insight into cutting edge mathematics, and what it is like to do research.

We also organise several social events throughout the year. As well as the usual Christmas Party and May Week Garden Party, we hold more unusual events, such as punt trips, croquet matches and problems drives. This year, it looks like the social events will be bigger, better and more numerous than ever.

Each year, we produce a journal — Eureka — which contains brief articles of interest to undergraduate mathematicians, as well as book reviews and problems taken from our annual Problems Drive.

Finally, we provide a bookshop for our members, so that you can save yourself lots of money when you stock up your books for the year, and sell your books back to us at the end of the year.

More information about all of these aspects can be found by browsing the site.

If the above sounds tempting, here's how to join.

Recent News
28/01/09: Eureka 59 is out now!

We will distribute them to member's pigeonhole by the end of this week.

If you are a member and entitled for a free copy (i.e. joined in 2006, 2007 and 2008), but live outside Cambridge or by some reasons didn't receive it by then, please contact the business manager at archim-business@srcf.ucam.org, and we will try to get the Eureka out to you in the next week.

If you are not entitled for a free copy, you are very welcome to purchase them from the subscription manager at archim-eureka-subscriptions@srcf.ucam.org.


15/01/09: Eureka 59 is out now!

You'll receive your free copy soon if entitled.

Otherwise, feel free to contact the subscription manager at archim-eureka-subscriptions@srcf.ucam.org to purchase a copy.

 
Upcoming Events
Friday 30th January, 7.30 pm:
CMS M5
SPEAKER MEETING
"Rendezvous Search"
by Professor Richard Weber

In the game of symmetric rendezvous search, two players are intially placed at two randomly chosen vertices of a complete graph. At each step in time each player can move from his present one vertex to any other vertex (or stay where he is) [contd.]

Friday 16th January, 7.30 pm:
CMS M5
SPEAKER MEETING
"Symmetry and the Monster"
by Professor Mark Ronan

This talk follows the quest to find a complete list of all finite simple groups. Touching on work by Galois, Jordan and Lie before coming to an exciting pinnacle in the 20th century with the unexpected discovery of an exceptional group [contd.]

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