About us
We are the Maths Society, a student society exploring maths for everyone, dedicated to bringing the joy and knowledge of the world of maths beyond the classroom to those with a love of maths or looking to find it, through work developed by our community, exploring this world through extracurricular challenges and histories in maths.
Building the Towers of Hanoi
Etti B The Towers of Hanoi is a classic puzzle that involves three rods and a number of disks of different sizes. The objective is to move all the disks from the first rod to the third rod, following these simple rules: The problem was invented by the French mathematician Édouard Lucas in 1883. Lucas […]
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Happy Halloween!
Everyone at Maths Society wishes you a very happy Halloween! We marked the occasion with a ghoulish maths-inspired pumpkin…
Introducing Mathsounds — The student maths podcast
Maths Society has launched Mathsounds, a podcast made by students, dedicated to bringing the joy and knowledge of the world of maths to everyone. In our first episode, which you can now listen to on our website, we explore the concept of Pi, and whether it is the most important constant in mathematics.
Fibonacci Day
23 November
One of the biggest mathematical holidays of the year, Fibonacci Day is celebrated on 23 November. In the date format used by the United States among others, the 23th of November is written as 11/23, a Fibonacci sequence.
