68th School of Illustrative Mathematics in Gliwice
The conference took place from 21 to 25 August and was attended by over 90 participants.
On Thursday evening, the art exhibition Indefinite Games (,,Gry nieoznaczone’’) by Agnieszka Cioch was opened. The following four days consisted of 20 lectures at the Education and Congress Centre, accompanied by many mathematical activities, including the city game Chrobra matma.
On Friday, the conference was officially opened with speeches by Vice Rector Professor Zbigniew Paszenda, PhD, DSc; Dean of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics Professor Marcin Woźniak, PhD, DSc; and co-founder of the School, Professor Marek Kordos PhD, DSc. Traditionally, the first lecture was given by the winner of the Filc Medal – Professor Jarosław Grytczuk, PhD, DSc, for the best talk at the previous School.
This year’s best lecture was given by Professor Zbigniew Marciniak, PhD, DSc, Every student knows that there is no formula for the integral of e-x2. Do they ever learn why? (,,Każdy student wie, że nie ma wzoru na całkę z e−x2. Czy do końca studiów dostaje odpowiedź dlaczego?’’).
On Saturday, a poster exhibition was held at the Silesian University of Technology Library, where conference participants presented their posters on this year’s conference theme and answered questions about them.
Patrons of this event:
- Rector of the Silesian University of Technology
- Mayor of Gliwice
- Dean of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Silesian University of Technology
- Director of the Silesian University of Technology Library
- Rector of the University of Warsaw
- Rector of the Warsaw University of Technology
- President of the Polish Mathematical Society
- Dean of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University
The 69th School of Illustrative Mathematics will also take place in Gliwice. We hope to see you next year!
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