12/05/2020

Live streams and webinars from Math Week are on YouTube.

The four live streams and webinar held by IMPA during National Mathematics Week on Instagram are now available on the institute's YouTube channel . The virtual meetings, which had over seven thousand viewers throughout the five days of special programming, can be reviewed at any time. With varied themes, the broadcasts reinforced the importance of science through debates with experts in the field.

How about starting by revisiting the discussion about the importance of basic science ? IMPA researcher Carolina Araujo and Hugo Aguilaniu, CEO of the Serrapilheira Institute, addressed the topic in the first live broadcast, shown on May 11th. "Basic science is the foundation upon which applied science must grow," Aguilaniu emphasized.

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Iamarino: Covid-19 will define a new relationship between humanity and nature.

To explore the relationship between mathematics and the fight against the coronavirus , IMPA's Director-General Marcelo Viana spoke with biologist and science communicator Atila Iamarino in the second live broadcast of National Mathematics Week. The researchers discussed the unique moment humanity is experiencing, modes of transmission of Covid-19, and how people's immunity works. During the live broadcast, the conversation reached more than 5,800 people.

If mathematics is essential to our daily lives, it needs to be accessible to everyone. The "Open Book of Mathematics " project was the topic of a virtual debate between Professor Humberto Bortolossi from the Federal Fluminense University and the director of the School of Mathematics at Unirio. The project was launched by IMPA in 2018 and is expected to have new developments next year, with the publication of teaching materials for high school.

In a rare appearance on social media, the general coordinator of the Brazilian Mathematical Olympiad (OBM), Carlos Gustavo Tamm, known as Gugu, spoke with Samuel Barbosa, a professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), about the mathematics of the Olympiads . "Having thought about a good number of difficult problems on varied subjects, even if elementary mathematics, certainly helps develop skills that are useful in research," Gugu affirmed regarding his Olympic heritage. The researcher also launched a mathematical challenge for future competitors to practice at home.

The decentralized quarantine model presented by mathematician Tiago Pereira, from ICMC-USP, was one of the highlights of the webinar “Mathematics in times of crisis ”, which concluded the week's program. The meeting, moderated by journalist Sabine Righetti, featured explanations by Marcelo Viana and Luciano Irineu, a researcher at IMPA. If you missed the historical and economic analyses presented in the live broadcast, be sure to watch them.