PFW Pi Math Club

https://leidendeclaration.ai/

Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics This declaration calls for action to address the challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligence within mathematics research.

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Congratulations to our students Isaac Lee, Luke Wells and Matthew Murphy! They were 3rd out of 21 teams at the annual Indiana College Mathematics Competition this past weekend. Only 1 point behind 2nd place!!
1st place was DePauw University, 2nd place was Notre Dame, and 4th was Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. ( Any year we beat Rose-Hulman is a good year for PFW 🙂)

Registration is now open for the Spring 2026 Indiana Section meeting, happening Friday, April 10 - Saturday, April 11 at Purdue University Fort Wayne! Please visit the meeting page at https://www.indiana.maa.org/meetings/spring-2026.

Important Deadlines:

March 22: hotel reservations at group rate
March 26: meal tickets for Friday banquet / Saturday lunch
March 26: Talk/poster proposals
April 6: ICMC team registration

Spring 2026 — MAA Indiana Section The Spring 2026 meeting will take place at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Check-in begins at 3:00 PM on Friday, April 10. The local organizer is Adam Coffman ( [email protected] ).

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/24/can-you-solve-it-are-you-smarter-than-a-soap-bubble

Can you solve it? Are you smarter than a soap bubble? The minimum you can do

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Fibonacci Day is celebrated every 23rd of November (11/23) because the date itself 1, 1, 2, 3 represents the beginning of the famous Fibonacci sequence. The celebration began in the early 2000s when math enthusiasts and educators started promoting the day online to honor Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, an Italian mathematician from the 12th century.

Fibonacci introduced the sequence to the western world through his book Liber Abaci in 1202. Over time, people realized how important the sequence is in nature, art, architecture, computer science, and even finance. As social media grew, so did the popularity of Fibonacci Day. Today, math lovers use the day to share fun facts, puzzles, spirals, and the beauty of numbers.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251030-louvre-robbery-the-50-year-old-maths-problem-that-can-boost-museum-security

Louvre robbery: Could a 50-year-old maths problem have kept the museum safe? An audacious heist at the Louvre saw thieves make off with priceless crown jewels in broad daylight – here is how a decades-old geometry problem can help museums boost their security.

https://www.theworldofpi.com/

The World of PI The World of PI is a creative philosophy that explores the infinite. Learn more about it scrolling the document below, and explore further on this website and the “The World of PI” YouTube channel.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/us/university-illinois-students-cheating-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU8.OE-5.D4_UZNiObpfh

Their Professors Caught Them Cheating. They Used A.I. to Apologize. (Gift Article) Two professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said they grew suspicious after receiving identical apologies from dozens of students they had accused of academic dishonesty.