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Hands on maths

More than 300 students transformed the University of Bayreuth into a centre for curiosity, team spirit and creative solutions at the 17th Day of Mathematics. From a competition in the morning to hands-on labs and specialised lectures in the afternoon, the event demonstrated that maths can do more than just formulas: Maths can do more than just formulas. A day full of aha moments - for young and old maths fans alike.

318 pupils from all over Franconia and the Upper Palatinate travelled to the 17th Day of Mathematics. This represents an increase of 20 per cent compared to the previous year.

Anyone who thought maths was dry was proved wrong on the 17th Day of Mathematics at the University of Bayreuth. It all started with a team competition. There, the young people took on tricky tasks - with brains, team spirit and a portion of ambition. Prof Alfred Wassermann (Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics and its Didactics) and Prof Sascha Kurz (Associate Professor at the Department of Business Mathematics) led the competition team from the task definition to the correction and evaluation: also tricky.
From midday onwards, it was time to take a deep breath, marvel and discover. The rest of the programme was packed with a wide range of lectures and labs where everyone could get involved.

The day ended with the award ceremony for the best teams in the Audimax. After a welcome address by Prof. Vadym Aizinger (Chair of Scientific Computing) and speeches by Prof. Susanne Tittlbach (Vice President of Digitalisation, Innovation and Sustainability), Michael Hagel (Siemens) and Martin Braun (NeuroForge), the winning teams were announced and awarded prizes.

Read the full report here.

Contact:
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Prof. Dr. Lars Grüne
Chair of Applied Mathematics

E-mail: lars.gruene@uni-bayreuth.de
Phone: + 49 (0)921 55-3279