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Preston Park

MATHS (Complex)

Status:Active, open to new members
Leader:
Group email: MATHS (Complex) group
When: Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month
Venue: Zoom

We work through on-line courses at first year degree level.

Topics have included:

- Linear algebra – Vectors & matrices.

- Mandelbrot set – Called "God's thumbprint?

- The Clay Millennium problems – $1,000,000 reward for solving.

- Number Theory – Prime numbers are unpredictable building blocks.  Internet shopping.

- Information Theory -  Getting the message through.

- Special numbers – Or are all numbers special?

- Group Theory -  Bell ringing.  The theorem that won World War II.

- Logic – What is true?  Is False False = True?

This group meets on Zoom and has room for new group members. You need to have background knowledge up to A’ level maths.

Email: Roger Luther for more information and the date of the next session.

See http://brtn.freehostia.com/roger/ for details of all Roger's courses.