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02/03/2023 | Pressemitteilung

Of sharks and secret messages: Mathematics Day on February 17

Why are sharks so fast? How do you model epidemics? How do MP3 files work? For questions like these, you need mathematics - and the answers (and much more) will be available on February 17 at the Oberzwehren site of the University of Kassel. For the first time after the Corona break, a Mathematics Day will be held there again.

Image: Paavo Blafield

The event organized by the Institute of Mathematics is aimed primarily at senior high school students from high schools in the region with their teachers, but is open to anyone interested in mathematics. There will again be a varied program of lectures on mathematics and its applications in a wide variety of fields.

Thus, in the lectures by lecturers, one can not only learn interesting facts about sharks, epidemics and music files, but also, for example, how to transmit secret messages, what the Google search engine needs mathematics for or how best to tile one's bathroom. There is also a lot of information about studying mathematics in Kassel. In particular, graduates and current students of mathematics in Kassel will report on their experiences.

The 15th Mathematics Day will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Institute of Mathematics in the AVZ at Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40 (Oberzwehren). Further information and the complete program can be found on the Internet at www.mathematik.uni-kassel.de/TdM. There you will also find the registration form (for schools, registration by class is possible). The meeting is naturally free.

 

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Sebastian Mense
University of Kassel
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