COVID-19 UPDATE, 23AUGUST2021

Our programme for the year 2020-21 has now been completed. We have had four successful Zoom meetings, the Pop Maths Quiz took place online and Open Challenge was held in an essentially normal form. The Pop Maths Quiz attracted 139 students in 36 teams from 15 schools; for further details, please go to Event_20210306_PopMathsQuiz. Open Challenge had 87 entries from 34 schools; an online event for participants in Open Challenge was held on 19 May; a report is available at Event_20210519_OpenChallengePrizeEvening2021.
Arrangements for our 2021-22 programme are well underway (see announcement on the left). We shall again not be receiving our usual sponsorship so membership will remain of great importance.
The FunMaths Roadshow also remains on sale and will hopefully become more relevant as schools return to normality.
The LivMS Bursary Fund (charity no. 1156909) remains open for business. The next deadline is 30 September 2021. We will favour projects designed to help with the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. Go to Joyce Hatton Memorial Bursaries for more information and to apply.

Welcome to the Liverpool Mathematical Society

AGM and Committee Meeting

The AGM will take place via Zoom on 22 September 2021 at 17:00, followed by a Committee meeting. All LIvMS members are welcome. For further details, go to Event_20210922_AGM and Event_20210922_Committee_Meeting.

JOIN THE SOCIETY FOR 2021/22

Membership of the Society is now open for the year 2021/22. . If you are able to pay more than the standard subscription, any additional amount paid will be treated as a donation, for which the Society will be most grateful.

Click Membership to find out more - save by taking out a 5-year subscription. There is a reduced rate for ATM, MA and U3A members and also those who live at a distance and do not wish to attend meetings. Institutional membership is also available, for example covering all teachers in a school or college.

Bursaries!

The LivMS Bursary Fund (charity no. 1156909) offers bursaries - more information on the Joyce Hatton Memorial Bursaries page. The next deadline is 30 September 2021.

Open Challenge '21

The online event for Open Challenge participants took place on Wednesday 19 May. 34 entrants attended, together with 2 teachers and one parent. The event included a series of puzzles, presentation of the solutions and a virtual presentation of the prizes. A report may be found at Event_20210519_OpenChallengePrizeEvening2021. Solutions and results may be found on the Open Challenge page.

Programme for 2021-22

During 2021-22, there will be a mixture of online and face-to-face activities. Three popular lectures have already been arranged, including a Christmas lecture by Simon Singh (see below). There will be further talks in the first half of 2022, including Joel Haddley's Presidential Lecture. Further announcements will be made as and when arrangements are finalised. All these events will require registration.

The Pop Maths Quiz will take place during March 2022. We plan to have a face-to-face version at LJMU in parallel with an online version similar to this year's.

Open Challenge will have the same format as this year's.

Popular Lectures 2021-22

Colva Roney-Dougal (University of St Andrews)
Wednesday 13 October 2021
Online
Title: Party hard! The mathematics of connections
5.00 PM to 6.00 PM
Suitable for year 11 up, their teachers and all those interested in mathematics
Further details: http://www.livmathssoc.org.uk/cgi-bin/sews.py?Event_20211013_Popular_Lecture
Registration via the Eventbrite page for the event is required

Chris Pritchard (President of the Mathematical Association 2021)
Thursday 18 November 2021
In-person if possible; if circumstances do not permit this, it will be online.
Title: Great Mathematical Diagrams
5.00 PM to 6.00 PM
Suitable for year 11 up, their teachers and all those interested in mathematics
Further details: http://www.livmathssoc.org.uk/cgi-bin/sews.py?Event_20211118_Popular_Lecture/
Registration via the Eventbrite page for the event is required

Christmas Lecture

Simon Singh https://simonsingh.net/
Wednesday 15 December 2021
Online
Title: Fermat's Last Theorem
2.00 PM to 3.00 PM
Suitable for year 11 up, their teachers and all those interested in mathematics
Further details: http://www.livmathssoc.org.uk/cgi-bin/sews.py?Event_20211215_Popular_Lecture/
Registration via the Eventbrite page for the event is required

FunMaths Roadshow activities for use at home

FMR Home Activities

These activities are free of charge.

Teachers may make puzzles from this collection available to students in their schools for use on screen or after printing out.

Parents and pupils may access these puzzles directly at home, and should first read the Notes for Guidance.

Answers to the puzzles are provided, and there is a feedback form so you can get in touch with us.

The FunMaths Roadshow is on sale during the COVID-19 crisis by download only. You can see all the details here.

FunMaths Roadshow

Popular Lectures

Pop Maths Quiz