Mathematics Masterclasses
Strathclyde Series
The Masterclasses are held over six consecutive Saturday mornings and consist of a talk and problem solving sessions. They are open to S3 pupils who have been nominated by their maths teacher. If your school did not receive an invitation to attend, the teacher should contact the organiser.
Programme for 2023
| 28th October | Eilidh Jack, Craig Alexander | Are you a Data Detective? |
| 4th November | Anna Puskás | Clock Arithmetic and Secret Codes |
| 11th November | Katarzyna Kowal, Matthew Durey | Fluid Dynamics in Daily Life |
| 18th November | Ruadhaí Dervan, Theodoros Styli Papazachariou | Shapes and Numbers |
| 25th November | Colette Mair, Craig Wilkie | A World of Statistics |
| 2nd December | Francesco Giglio, Rachael Boyd | Transformations and Symmetry |
Programme for 2022
| 22nd October | Rachel Dorris (from Royal Institution) | Curves in Maths |
| 29th October | Colette Mair, Stephen Jun Villejo, Craig Wilkie | World of Statistics |
| 5th November | Francesco Giglio | Transformations and Symmetry |
| 12th November | Misha Feigin | With a Single Cut |
| 19th November | Eilidh Jack, Craig Alexander | Are you a Data Detective |
| 26th November | Matthew Pressland | Triangulations and Positivity |
Programme for 2019
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2nd November |
Tanushree Bharat Shah |
Games on Mobius |
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9th November |
William Pettersson | Automata, Turing Machines and the Post Correspondence Problem |
| 16th November | Eilidh Jack |
A World of Statistics |
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23rd November |
Simon Gay | Ringing the changes |
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30th November |
Carol Webster | The Smarties Problem |
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7th December |
Ana Lecuona | To infinity and beyond |
Programme for 2017
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28th October |
Kitty Meeks | Joining the dots and saving cows |
| 4th November | Charis Chanialidis | A World of Statistics |
| 11th November | Liberty Vittert | Riddles, logic, and secret codes |
| 18th November | Billy Woods | Chaos and fractals |
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25th November |
Angela Tabiri | TBC |
| 2nd December | Stephen Watson | The Topology, Geometry & Dynamics of Tilings, Foams and Nano-Crystals |
All sessions are run in the School of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Glasgow from 10 am to 12.30 pm. The venue is the (new) Mathematics & Statistics Building, labelled C3 on the campus map.
There is ample on-street parking (metered) on the surrounding streets.
[Postcode for sat nav: G12 8SQ — we are the new black cuboid building immediately next to the Jopseph Black Building (campus map B4)]