THE BEE NUMBERS: Some Surprises! Dr James Tanton — MASA
- Date:
- Time
- 6.00pm to 7.00pm
- Location
- MASA Office | Building D, 80 Payneham Road, Stepney
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SPECIAL PRESENTATION
THE BEE NUMBERS: Some Surprises!
Facilitator: Dr James Tanton | Mathematical Association of America
Date & Time: Tuesday 26 March | 6.00pm to 7.00pm
Venue: MASA Office | Building D, 80 Payneham Road, Stepney
Cost: $15.00
Join James after the event for dinner (at own cost) at The Maid Hotel | 1 Magill Road, Stepney
The Fibonacci numbers 1,1,2,3,5, 8, 13, … (aka the Bee numbers or the Hemachandra numbers) have been studied and probed and generalized and analysed in almost every possible way for centuries. Let’s probe and prod some more!
Allow me to surprise you with some new appearances of these famous numbers–and invite you to discover some more of your own!
James Tanton (PhD. Mathematics, Princeton University, 1994) is a research mathematician deeply interested in bridging the gap between the mathematics experienced by school students and the creative mathematics practiced and explored by mathematicians. He worked as a college professor for a decade, as a high-school teacher for a decade, and is now the Mathematician in Residence at the Mathematical Association of America in Washington D.C.
James writes math books – with publishers and through his own self-published means. He gives math talks and conducts math workshops all across the continent and overseas. He guides students and he guides teachers. He publishes articles and papers, creating and doing new math. And he shares the mathematical experience with teachers and students of all ages, helping them publish research results too!