1942-2017

The Mathematics Centre of the University of Porto [CMUP] celebrates 75 years in February. It will therefore promote the holding of a Commemorative Day, on 17 February  2017 (Friday), which includes an afternoon dedicated to students and teachers of the various levels of education (high school and higher education) and general public, with illustrative and demonstrative lectures on the relevance of Mathematics.

What is mathematics? What is it for?

Major Problems of Basic Mathematics of the 21st Century. The essential role of Mathematics in the progress of the natural, social and technological sciences (Physics, Biology, Engineering, Economics, and Medicine) of the 21st century.

All colleagues are invited to enrol the most motivated students to attend the following lectures:

Friday, 17/02/2017 afternoon (beginning 2.30 pm):

Venue: Ferreira da Silva Auditorium FCUP

Department of Computer Science of FCUP

• António Machiavelo: “Potentially Dangerous Problems”.
• José Carlos Santos: “Group illness and other mathematical catastrophes “.
• Samuel Lopes and Leonor Moreira: “Graphs under the microscope – applications to genetics”.
• Jorge Freitas: “Fractals: the geometry of Nature”.
• Alexandre Rodrigues: “A few simple models for population growth.

Read the summaries of the lectures [HERE]

Dedicated to all the public, particularly High School and Higher Education students and teachers.

Compulsory enrolment (individual and/or in group) for the lectures in the afternoon of 17 February.

All the information  [HERE]

Raquel Moreira
Equipa Editorial
news@medicina.ulisboa.pt