International Day of Mathematics – idm314.org

As part of the 2020 celebration of the International Day of the Mathematics people all over the world created short clips showing us how “Mathematics is Everywhere” with examples fro daily life, activities, hobbies, passions and places. The video below was put together from some of the best submissions, which premiered on the live global launch on March 14, 2020.

The First I.D.M.

2020 marked the inaugural year of International Day of Mathematics! (IDM). On the 14th of March, also known as Pi Day, (as March 14th is written as 3.14 in some countries) people from all over the world were due to celebrate the wonders of maths. Unfortunately the celebrations were overshadowed by the Covid-19 crisis. We had encouraged schools across Ireland to mark it in-school on Friday 13th.  Schools in the Republic of Ireland closed on that day. Many people engaged with us on-line and we hope that next year it will be a success.

A NEW THEME EVERY YEAR

Every year will introduce a new theme to flava the celebration, spark creativity and bring light to connections between mathematics and all sorts of fields, concepts and ideas.

The theme for 2020 was Mathematics is Everywhere

  • Mathematics help plan and manage economic and social systems enabling the move towards a sustainable use of resources.
  • We travel the world guided by precise mathematical calculations based on the position of the sun, stars and GPS satellites.
  • We explore the inside of the human body through CT scans and MRI by building images out of numerical data through mathematical algorithms.
  • We discover how human thought works by building AI software that can learn and make decisions through mathematic models.
  • We photographed a black hole and continue exploring the edges of the universe with mathematics.
Download a PDF to find out more about the 2020 theme (English)