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Latest YBMA Newsletter
1 April 2020
Branch: Yorkshire Branch
Title: How often do curves meet?
Presenters: Dr James Cranch – University of Sheffield
Date: Wednesday, 1st April 2020
Time: 2:30pm
Summary: If you take an equation involving variables x and y, you can draw a graph of its solutions: they form a plane curve. If you have two such equations, you have two curves, and you can ask how many times they intersect each other. I'll explain why counting these intersections is useful for a range of things: from understanding Pythagoras's equation a2 b2 = c2, to annoying people on the internet, to the cutting edge of mathematics. I'll show a very simple formula, which happens to be wrong, and explain why it's a good idea to ignore the fact that it's wrong. This talk is included in the Key Stage 5 Maths Day. Visit www.stem.leeds.ac.uk/KS5mathsday for more details.
Venue: University of Leeds, (Rupert Beckett, Lecture Theatre, Michael Sadler Building)
Contact: To book places and for other enquiries Alan Slomson
9 May 2020
Branch: Yorkshire
Title: Centenary Celebrations
Date: Saturday, 9th May 2020
Time: 12:30pm to 2pm
Summary: Details yet to be advised.
Venue: University of Leeds, School of Mathematics
Contact: To book places and for other enquiries Alan Slomson