12 Dec 2024

Largest ever gathering of mathematicians in New Zealand held this week

From Nights, 10:45 pm on 12 December 2024

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.

Maths book open with math problems written down

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