SUMS
Welcome!
Sydney University Maths Society (also known as SUMS) is a club for students with an interest in maths. It is also a club for students without an interest in maths, as we have many events to cater for you guys as well, and who knows, maybe one day you'll start to like maths too!
SUMS welcomes you! To become a member, simply email us so that we can add you to our email list, thus allowing you to be the first to hear of our announcements. We usually don't email more than once a week.
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Feel free to email us.
We are also on Facebook.
Events
Talks: Our weekly talks on mathematical topics of interest are currently held on Wednesdays 1-2pm in Carslaw room 452
Concerts: These are held annually, usually in second semester. They consist of performances by both students and staff.
Cake bakes: These are held as often as possible (with prizes!). Anyone can bake a cake if they wish. Cakes are judged in 2 categories: Best tasting, and Best mathematical reference. Cakes can then be eaten by the audience after judging.
Soccer: These games are usually held sporadically throughout the year, in Victoria Park, culminating in the annual Pure vs Applied match!
Maths Relays: An annual competition (with prizes!) where students form teams to see who can solve the most maths problems in a specified period of time.
Debates: Most commonly held in competition with the Physics society. The most recent debate was "Einstein is a greater scientist than Newton" which was won by the affirmative (Physics). A rematch is expected in 2009 (with a different topic of course).
Puzzle Hunt: Teams compete online to be the first to solve 20 puzzles over one week. Keep an eye out for the first ever SUMS Puzzle Hunt starting in August this year! Check out the MUMS and CISRA hunts for what to expect.
Calendar (Wednesday 1-2pm except where noted)
March 11: "Farey Fractions" - Ivan Guo
March 18: "Embarrassing Questions and GUNS" - Jenny Zhu (link up soon, hopefully)
March 25: Soccer - Pure vs Applied (Pure won)
April 1: "Kinky Populations Dynamics: Modelling Hermaphrodite Fish" - Duncan Sutherland
April 8: "Kaleidoscopes and Tessellations" - Robert Tang
April 24: SUMS Cake Bake! Come and eat cakes! Special date (Friday, 1-2pm) and location (Carslaw 727). For more details please email us!
April 29: "Farey Fractions (continued)" - Ivan Guo
May 6: "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" - Zhuo Jia Dai
May 13: Soccer - Pure vs Applied (Applied won)
May 20: "What is the Gay Matrix?" - Alex Hoare
May 27: "Paradoxes, Contradictions, and Cranks" - Gareth White
June 3: "N-dimensional Rubik's Cubes" - Stewart Wilcox
Committee
| President: Gareth White Gareth is the current president of SUMS. If there is anything that you would like to know about SUMS, you should ask him. | |
Vice President: Jenny Zhu Jenny is our best marketer of SUMS, helping with the design and distribution of posters, as well as coming up with ideas for events. She is also the only Stats student in the SUMS executive. | 
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| Treasurer: Yinan Zhang Yinan is our number cruncher at SUMS. He is responsible for all of the finances, including the food that is provided at talks, as well as the prizes for competitions. | |
| Secretary: Lucy Cao Lucy is perhaps the most well known of the current SUMS executive. She is also known to smile. A lot. | 
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| Social Coordinator: Anna Wang While Anna is a keen maths student, she is also involved in the Physics Department, providing a convenient link between the 2 departments. She is also a star recruiter, due to her friendly nature. | |