MathsJam Gathering 2023 - Saturday Night Tables
For the Saturday evening session at MathsJam, attendees are running activities on tables in the Gathering main room. Some of them have sent through information so remote attendees can also participate - details are below. Don't forget there's also a board games table and a craft table to meet up with other Jammers during the evening in Gather.town!
Shogi - Adam Atkinson
Adam is bringing equipment to play the Japanese board game Shogi. Here are some useful links you can use to join in:
Games on Chessboards - Alexander Bolton
Alex is bringing some games that should be of interest to maths fans. They all take place on chessboards (or very similar grids). For remote attendees, the games Slime Trail, Lines of Action, Murus Gallicus, Hnefatafl and Tablut can be played online for free at iggamecenter.com.
Drawing Hacks - Katie Steckles and Andrew Taylor
We'll be sharing our favourite tips for how to easily draw mathematical shapes and objects, and collecting them to and use as the basis for this post on Aperiodical.com.
Your local maths history - Peter Rowlett, Tom Briggs and Katie Steckles
David Singmaster compiled a Mathematical Gazetteer of the British Isles for the British Society for the History of Mathematics, now available on the MacTutor website.
We invite participants to explore the map and find out about the history of maths connections to places they live, work or otherwise know.
A group of us are forming a little working group to research local history connections and update the Gazetteer with our findings. If you know anything about your local history and would like to be involved or could give us some pointers, please let us know! Contact Peter on p.rowlett@shu.ac.uk.
Mathematical Model Building - Donald Bell
Donald is bringing along some geometrical building toys, including Magformers and Zometool. There will also be materials for making star polygons from stir sticks/lollipop sticks/tongue depressors - if you can get hold of some, you can make your own star polygons using Donald's instructions and leaflet.
Craft Table
Join the craft table in Gather.town - we'll try to connect you with the in-person craft table pending technology behaving itself!