If you were in Auckland this week the probability of running into a mathematician was higher than the mean.
That's because the joint meeting of the New Zealand, Australian and American Mathematical Societies, has been taking place this week with hundreds of mathematicians coming together in Auckland over four days.
Topics up for discussion included AI, Post-quantum cryptography, math communication, industrial maths, and, most importantly, Evil Sudoku.
Dr Melissa Tacy from the University of Auckland is the conference director and spoke to Emile Donovan.