Category: Archive

30 Jan 1952: Prof. A. P. Guinand (Military College of Science) “String Figures” 13 Feb 1952: Members’ Papers: Mr. J. B. Sykes (Balliol) “Fun and Games” Mr. D. Youston (Hertford) “The Swiss System”

24 Oct 1951: Dr. W. L. Ferrar (Hertford) “Mathematical Books and Periodicals” 7 Nov 1951: Dr. D. Pedoe (Westfield College, London) “The Cayley Forms of an Algebraic Variety” 21 Nov 1951: Members’ Papers: Mr. J. Girdlestone (Lincoln) “Diophantine Equations” Mr. C. Wormell (Magdalen) “The Four Colour Theorem” Mr. D. Cohen (Balliol) “Motors”

2 Apr 1951: Dr. J. H. C. Thompson (Wadham) “Crystals” 16 May 1951: Mr. Sampford “Officers, Schoolgirls and Statisticians” 6 June 1951: Prof. E. H. Neville (Reading) “Farey Series”Preceded by the AGM

24 Jan 1951: Mr. J. G. Mauldon (Corpus Christi) “Bluff” 8 Feb 1951: Prof. Heilbrom (Bristol) “Greek and Babylonian Number Systems and their influence on Algebra” 21 Feb 1951: Mr. Guggenheim (Magdalen) “A puzzle” 28 Feb 1951: Musical Evening

18 Oct 1950: Dr. P. D. Watson “Infinity” 1 Nov 1950: Mr. B. A. Geeson (Queen’s) “A plane and easie Introduction” 8 Nov 1950: Dr. Cedric Smith (University College, London) “Squaring the Square”

3 May 1950: Prof. H. Davenport (University College, London) “A great Oxford mathematician” 17 May 1950: Mr. J. B. Sykes (Wadham) “Magic Squares” 31 May 1950: Mr. D. G. Kendall “The Theory of Queues”Preceded by the AGM

25 Jan 1950: Miss K. Sarginson “Electrical Conduction in Thin Films of Metal” 15 Feb 1950: Mr. H. Davies (Merton) “The Reflection of Waves from the Surface of the Sea” 1 Mar 1950: Dr. J. A. Todd “The Elements of Euclid” 3 Mar 1950: Musical Evening

19 Oct 1949: Mr. N. M. Gibbins “Compass Constructions” 2 Nov 1949: Dr. R. A. Rankin (Cambridge) “The Mathematics of Change Ringing”Joint meeting with the OU Society of Change Ringers 16 Nov 1949: Dr. C. Hurst “Some Jury Problems”