We are delighted to announce that the 42nd M500 Winter Weekend will be held over 10th – 12th January 2025 at Kents Hill Conference Centre, Milton Keynes.
The Weekend price is £240 for M500 members and £245 for non-members. This includes accommodation and all meals from dinner on Friday to lunch on Sunday. Shared accommodation is £200 for members, £205 non-members; non-residential is £105 for members, £110 for non-members.
The Weekend provides an opportunity to do some recreational mathematics, not module-based, with a friendly group of like-minded people. The relaxed and social approach delivers maths for fun. The following sessions will be included:
- The regular quiz on Saturday evening.
- “Exploring aperiodic tilings” with a guest speaker, Charlotte Lighter
- “Conway’s game of sprouts” and “Happy numbers” with a guest speaker, Nick Gill
- Sessions provided by our regular contributors.
The Weekend is based on a number of worksheets relevant to the theme, and participants can choose which problems to pursue. Mostly we work in small groups, but you can choose who you work with – nothing is compulsory! It should be approachable to anyone who has completed MST124/MST125, but there will also be material to stretch those who feel the need.
In general, we start with dinner at 7 pm on Friday (arrive any time after 2 pm) and finish around 4 pm on Sunday. You don’t have to be a member of M500 to come to the Weekend, but if you are, there is a small discount (see above). If you decide to join at the same time as coming to the Weekend, please make sure that you send the membership form (and membership fee) to the New Membership Secretary, not to the Winter Weekend Organizer.
If you haven’t been to a Winter Weekend before, and don’t know what it’s about, read Information on the Winter Weekend (PDF), read a personal review of the 2011 weekend or have a look at a sample of the material from previous Weekends.
If you have any questions, please e-mail the Winter Weekend Organizer, Judith Furner, at winter@m500.org.uk
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