Hello interested people, I hope you all enjoyed the extra long weekend last week. Oh, and I hope everybody realised that there was no SUMS meeting last week, because the Uni was closed for holiday. Apparently it was Anzac Day. Oh well, this week we have another talk by a postgraduate student, Jonathan Sun. Jonathan’s main research (something in algebra) is so complex hard to grasp that he couldn’t possibly explain it in an hour, so instead he’ll be talking about something a little bit more familiar: Poker. He doesn’t seem to have an abstract at the moment, but after pressing him for details, I have the following information: - It’s on the card game, poker - The talk will be also be delving into game theory in general - Apparently poker consists of a lot of mathematics, he’ll be looking at the more interesting aspects. If you want more info, feel free to contact Jonathan (either through me or directly to him if you can find his email address). Or even better, come to the talk this Friday! Talk: The mathematics of Poker Speaker: Jonathan Sun Location: Carslaw 451 When: Friday, May 2, 1-2pm Hope to see you there, Gareth