March 2026
‘Irrational ways of manufacturing numbers’ – A special International Day of Mathematics Colloquium (1/2) by Tadashi Tokieda

March 13 @ 12:00 – 13:00

This is meant to be light mathematical entertainment, exploring simple yet unusual phenomena involving rational, irrational, transcendental numbers. We will also glean a few open problems. This event is part of a series of 2 colloquia for International Day of Mathematics (Colloquium 2: Pure mathematics as applied physics). For catering purposes, we would appreciate your registration if you intend to […]
‘A world from a sheet of paper’ International Day of Mathematics Public Lecture by Tadashi Tokieda

March 13 @ 17:30 – 19:30

Starting from just a sheet of paper, by folding, stacking, crumpling, tearing, we shall explore a rich variety of phenomena, from magic tricks and geometry through elasticity and the traditional Japanese art of origami to medical devices and ‘h-principle’. Much of the lecture consists of table-top demos. This public lecture is hosted by the Sydney […]
Maths at the Museum

March 14 @ 12:00 – 16:00

International Day of Mathematics 2026: Mathematics and Hope Saturday March 14 from 12 – 4pmSunday March 15 from 12 – 4 pm To celebrate International Day of Mathematics, SMRI presents our Maths at the Museum program, running at the Chau Chak Wing Museum (CCWM). The official theme of the International Day of Mathematics in 2026 is “Mathematics and Hope”. Across […]
‘Pure mathematics as applied physics’ – A special International Day of Mathematics Colloquium (2/2) by Tadashi Tokieda

March 16 @ 14:00 – 15:00

Humans tend to be better at physics than at mathematics. When an apple falls from a tree, there are more people who can catch it — they sense physically how the apple moves — than people who can compute its trajectory from a differential equation. Applying physical ideas to discover and explain mathematical results is therefore natural, even if it has seldom been tried in the history of science. […]

March 2026