Math Monday, Recreational Math Night, & more

[Berkeley MUSA]

Hey everyone,

Final results are in: 56.3% of participants voted for pi, 43.8% voted for e.  Personally I agree with the results, and I think that pi won the 45-minute 5-part Great Debate as well. Next up: is tau more convenient than pi?? Weekly announcements: 

Math Monday: Monday, February 12, 5pm (939 Evans)

This week's speaker is our very own Vice President Emeritus, Clark Lyons. The title is "To Infinity and Beyond", and here is the abstract:

In the 19th century, George Cantor first showed that some infinite sets are larger than other infinite sets. He showed that the size of the set of real numbers is larger than the size of the set of natural numbers, but he left open the question of how much larger. It turns out that this question lies at the foundation of mathematics. Determining exactly how large the continuum can be motivated much of the set theory research done in the 20th century. In this talk we will see what the current state of “continuum problem” is.

No prerequisite knowledge necessary.

Recreational Math Night: Thursday, February 15, 6pm (1015 Evans)

Rec math events feature several challenging problems from all branches of mathematics. Whoever can solve them will win... Valentine's Day candy? To keep with the theme of V-Day, these problems will be taken from marriage/matchmaking topics in mathematics. Pair up with that "well-defined" classmate you like (get it?) and tackle these thoughtful problems. Snacks will be provided.

Hoodie Stuff:

A lot of people are coming in to see if we have restocked our hoodies. We currently only have a few XL and XXL hoodies available. I just made the restock order, so hopefully we'll have them within the next couple weeks. I will send an email when they arrive, so if you don't see an email from me then assume we haven't been stocked yet. Sorry about the wait!

Various Opportunities:

Please see attached flyers for things that people email me to share with the mathematics community. 

Best,

Ryan Shaw

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