Department Collaborates for Pi Day at Cheekwood
Along with the Public Engagement team at Cheekwood Estate and Gardens, and with the generous support of the Simons Foundation, the Department of Mathematics organized a Pi day event on (of course) March 14 at Cheekwood Gardens. At this science fair-type event, faculty members Sean McAfee, Alice Mark, Sam Sehayek, and Dan Margalit – along with special guests Lily Margalit and Kathleen Margalit – led discussions on pi, infinity, graph theory, symmetry, and the golden mean. It was a beautiful day with excellent attendance. Budding mathematicians of all ages encountered deep mathematics by drawing trees, enacting Zeno’s paradox, computing circumferences, and playing croquet on a graph. Thanks to everyone for participating in this great event!
