Awards ceremony for the winners of the Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2022–23

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The awards ceremony for the winners of the Maths Challenge-2022-23 of the School of Mathematics and Physics has taken place on 30 March 2023 at the University of Lincoln. The ceremony was held at the beginning of the 6th Annual Robert Grosseteste Lecture in Astrophysics by Prof Don Kurtz.…

6th Annual Robert Grosseteste Lecture in Astrophysics

Originally posted on Distinguished Maths & Physics Public Lectures:
Between Fire and Ice a public lecture by Professor Don Kurtz Visiting Professor, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Lincoln, UK Thursday, 30 March 2023, 6:00-7:40 pm (including an interval and Q&A) Newton Lecture Theatre  INB0114 in the Isaac Newton building, University of Lincoln Book…

Astro-Chat: Tides: From the Bay of Fundy to Black Holes

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an astro-chat with Professor Don Kurtz Visiting Professor, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Lincoln, UK Friday, 3 March 2023 7:00-8:00 pm Live online Book a place Tides are mysterious. Why are there two tides per day? What causes Spring and Neap tides? What are Earth tides? Tides on…

Winners of the Mathematics Challenge 2022–23

Congratulations to the winners of the Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2022-23 and a big thank you to all participants! A strong competition made the choices difficult for the Competition Committee, with often subtle differences in the proofs determining each place winners. Solutions of the problems can be found here. The results of the competition are: 1st place […]

Astro-Chat: Fear and Panic: The Hurtling Moons of Barsoom

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Phobos, the doomed moon of Mars an astro-chat with Professor Don Kurtz Visiting Professor, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Lincoln, UK Friday, 20 January 2023 7:00-8:00 pm Live online Book a place The pulp-fiction writer Edgar Rice Burroughs published the first of the famous “Tarzan of the Apes”…

Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2022–23

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For a chance to win the first prize (£100 Amazon voucher) submit your typed or neatly written (and scanned in a single pdf file) solutions of the following problems to maths@lincoln.ac.uk with “Maths Challenge” in subject line. Please include your full name, postal address and email, as well as…

Isaac Newton Christmas Lecture 2022

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Fish tales: the history and physics of the goldfish a duo public lecture (including an interval) by Professor Anna Marie Roos School of Humanities & Heritage, University of Lincoln and Professor Andrei Zvelindovsky School of Mathematics & Physics, University of Lincoln Wednesday 14 December 2022 6…

Astro-Chat: Songs of the Stars: The Real Music of the Spheres

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an astro-chat with Professor Don Kurtz Visiting Professor, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Lincoln, UK Friday, 25 November 2022 7:00-8:00 pm Live online Book a place We humans are visual creatures: “seeing is believing.” But there are other ways to know the world and universe. For many species…

Lincoln Physics Challenge 2022-23

Originally posted on Study Physics in Lincoln:
For a chance to win the first prize (£100 Amazon voucher), submit your typed or neatly written (and scanned in a single pdf file) solutions of the following problems to fpaillusson@lincoln.ac.uk with subject “Physics Challenge 2022”. Please include your full name, postal address and email, as well as…

Astro-Chat: Voyagers 1 and 2: Where are they now?

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an astro-chat with Professor Don Kurtz Visiting Professor, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Lincoln, UK Friday, 28 October 2022 7:00-8:00 pm Live online Book a place Back in 1965 scientists working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California were studying the orbits of the planets around the…

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