Submitted by Bianca Violet on
We introduce and outline a workshop concept called Science Spaces aimed at High School students, which combines mathematics and natural sciences with art to strengthen creativity, imagination, and perceptual abilities. The workshop guides the participants through the process of designing and implementing a public exhibition.
Submitted by Rafael Prieto Curiel on
Coinciding with the tradition in some countries of the Black History Month, the Black Mathematician Month is an effort for public sensiblilization of the presence of the black minority in the mathematical community.
Submitted by Bianca Violet on
We describe a math-art contest for new creative ideas and their realizations based on modern mathematical concepts currently worked on in two Berlin-based collaborative research centers. By combining mathematics with art and design the power, the fun, and the beauty of this interdisciplinary connection is shown.
Submitted by Antonia Mey on
Recently, an interview with junior mathematics professor Carla Cederbaum was published at Schäbisches Tageblatt.
Submitted by Bianca Violet on
In this paper we discuss experiences with a collaborative and participative approach of communicating mathematics to a broad audience. We give a list of recommendations and ideas, how the public itself can be involved in creating mathematics exhibits and can become an integral part of outreach activities. The ideas are accompanied by sample activities we carried out within “IMAGINARY – open mathematics”, a project by the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach supported by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung.
Submitted by Bianca Violet on
We describe the permanent integration of mathematical content into a shopping center in Heidelberg, Germany. Main features are a mathematical image gallery, conveyor belt designs, a multi touch screen station, riddles in the bathroom, and at the bakery, classic quotes, as well as a temporary shop window display.
Submitted by IMAGINARY on
Statistical visualization uses graphical methods to gain insights from data. Here we show how a technique called principal component analysis is used to analyze mortality in Spain over about the last hundred years. This data decomposition both reflects expected historical events and reveals some perhaps less expected trends in mortality over the years.
Submitted by IMAGINARY on
Suppose a group of individuals wish to choose among several options, for example electing one of several candidates to a political office or choosing the best contestant in a skating competition. The group might ask: what is the best method for choosing a winner, in the sense that it best reflects the individual preferences of the group members? We will see some examples showing that many voting methods in use around the world can lead to paradoxes and bad outcomes, and we will look at a mathematical model of group decision making.
Submitted by IMAGINARY on
Communication forms the basis of biological interactions. While the use of a single communication mechanism (for example visual communication) by a species is quite well understood, in nature the majority of species communicate via multiple mechanisms. Here, I review some mathematical results on the unexpected behaviors that can be observed in biological aggregations where individuals interact with each other via multiple communication mechanisms.
Submitted by IMAGINARY on
Martmatics is a project to show how Mathematics and Art have been related to each other throughout history and how they are still linked today. There are many bonds and the authors have chosen the most attractive and significant ones. You will find a brochure and also an activity book with excercices to accompany the examples from the brochure.