3RD EDITION OF THE MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM

Hello Friends!!  The 3^rd Edition of Mathematics Colloquium is here again in a grand style!! It is tagged “Panacea to Nigeria’s Mathematics Education Quagmire.” We know mathematics in Nigeria is a tale of unbecoming odyssey, and as such, the need to promulgate an effective platform where we can articulate our views as students and teachers and also proffer solutions that are worth implementing is imperative. Our Guest Speaker for this year’s conference is Prof (Mrs) Olabisi Ugbebor (The first Woman in Nigeria to have a PhD in Mathematics). The event promises to be intellectually gratifying and fun filled. There would be Talks from Mathematics veterans, Rubik’s Cube training from experts and Contests to spice up the conference.

CONTEST

Plaque of Genius Contest is a written mathematics contest among the best brains from different schools. 3 students from each school will slug it out in a brain challenging contest that would span for 1hour. Preliminary stage of this contest will take place at Good Shepherd on Wednesday, 13^th November, 2013, where 3 schools will emerge to slug it out at the final stage on the Conference day, Saturday. 16^th November, 2013.

Professor Pi is a Pi recitation contest where the smartest students go on a brain drilling recitation of the beautiful number Pi. Students from all over Lagos State would memorize 2000 digits of Pi and slug it out at the Preliminary stage on Wednesday 13^th November 2013, at Good Shepherd Schools. From there, 5 students with the highest number of digits recited will compete in the final stage at the conference.

Mathematics Paper delivery is a contest for the best paper delivered on NUMBER THEORY. Contestants are to write quality and interesting papers relating to NUMBERS. Interested students are to send their papers to thecolloq@gmail.com .Deadline for submission is 31^st October, 2013. 5 papers would be chosen by our research team, these papers would be delivered by the contestants on the conference day.

SPEAKERS

Prof (Mrs) Olabisi Ugbebor (First Woman in Nigeria to have a PhD in Mathematics)

Mr. Sulaimon (Chairman, Mathematics Association of Nigeria, Lagos)

Mr. Odemona Solomon (President, Education Reformers Association of Nigeria)

Mrs. Ini Adinya (Lecturer, Mathematics Department, University of Ibadan)

Mr. Akintoye Daniel (Director of Les Erudits, Math Instructor and Rubik’s Cube Expert at Day Watermann College, Ogun State)

 National Gold Medalist Winners at  the National Mathematics Olympiad (2011, 2012 and 2013).

DATE. Saturday, 16^th November, 2013.

VENUE. GOOD SHEPHERD SCHOOLS, MEIRAN, LAGOS.

For those interested in the Professor Pi contest you can print out the following details for preparation.

COLLOQ “PROFESSOR PI” CONTEST 2013!!

This contest is a Pi recitation contest where students are expected to study 2000 digits and recite off hand. The Student who recites the most digit of Pi emerges as the Winner. Join the smartest students as they engage in this fun filled game.

RULES

1.      Schools are compelled to make the contest open to any interested Students. Hence, photocopies should be made available to interested students.

2.      The Contestants would recite the Digits offhand and they can only pause for 20 seconds between any two digits.

3.      Preliminary stage of the contest comes up Wednesday, 13^th November, 2013.

4.      The decision of the Judges is Final.

LIST OF 2000 DIGITS OF “PI”

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286 208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481 117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233 786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006 606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146 951941511609433057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548074462379962749 567351885752724891227938183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737190 702179860943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132000568127145263560827 785771342757789609173637178721468440901224953430146549585371050792279689258923 542019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998372978049 951059731732816096318595024459455346908302642522308253344685035261931188171010 003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303598253490428755468731159562863882 353787593751957781857780532171226806613001927876611195909216420198938095257201 065485863278865936153381827968230301952035301852968995773622599413891249721775 283479131515574857242454150695950829533116861727855889075098381754637464939319 255060400927701671139009848824012858361603563707660104710181942955596198946767 690927210797509302955321165344987202755960236480665499119881834797753566369807 426542527862551818417574672890977772793800081647060016145249192173217214772350 141441973568548161361157352552133475741849468438523323907394143334547762416862 518983569485562099219222184272550254256887671790494601653466804988627232791786 085784383827967976681454100953883786360950680064225125205117392984896084128488 626945604241965285022210661186306744278622039194945047123713786960956364371917 287467764657573962413890865832645995813390478027590099465764078951269468398352 595709825822620522489407726719478268482601476990902640136394437455305068203496 252451749399651431429809190659250937221696461515709858387410597885959772975498 930161753928468138268683868942774155991855925245953959431049972524680845987273 644695848653836736222626099124608051243884390451244136549762780797715691435997 700129616089441694868555848406353422072225828488648158456028506016842739452267 467678895252138522549954666727823986456596116354886230577456498035593634568174 324112515076069479451096596094025228879710893145669136867228748940560101503308 617928680920874760917824938589009714909675985261365549781893129784821682998948 722658804857564014270477555132379641451523746234364542858444795265867821051141 354735739523113427166102135969536231442952484937187110145765403590279934403742 007310578539062198387447808478489683321445713868751943506430218453191048481005 370614680674919278191197939952061419663428754440643745123718192179998391015919

Registration for the conference and contest is FREE!! Interested schools and students should send their name to 07067991972 on or before 31^st October, 2013….. Limited seats available!!

For sponsorship and advert placement, you can call 08177597782, 07067991972 or send a mail to thecolloq@gmail.com