Tangente Day 2023 at the Musée des Arts et Métiers
Sunday, December 3, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Free admission.
On the theme of Blaise Pascal
Provisional program by room*
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* Some elements of the program may be subject to change.
The program will be updated regularly.
Amphithéâtre Abbé Grégoire (ground floor)
10:30 a.m. – Opening of the day.
11 a.m. – Talk by Jean-Paul Delahaye: Pascal's triangle and the Stern-Brocot tree
12:15 p.m. – Talk by Claire Lommé: Mathematical rambles
1:45 p.m. – Performance by L’Île Logique: XX Elles, les grandes inconnues
3 p.m. – Talk by Daniel Perrin: Pascal's theorem on hexagons inscribed in conics
4 p.m. – Presentation of the Trophées Tangente 2023: the Prix Tangente du livre, the Prix Tangente des lycéens, the Prix Affaire de Logique, and the Prix du meilleur article.
Abside de l'Église (ground floor)
(All day, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
**- Mathematical art exhibitions. **
Denise Pranville, Patrice Jeener, Sandrine Souder, Scowcza (Dominique Owczarski and Pierre Schmitt), France de Ranchin, Sellig Zed.
- Exhibition Mathematics, computer science… with women!
With commentary by the team from the Femmes et maths association
**- Infinimath mathematical bookshop **
- Book signings by the authors of recent mathematics books selected for or awarded the Prix Tangente du livre or the Prix Tangente des lycéens.
- Museum exhibitions: guided tours
• Explorer l'infiniment (temporary exhibition): guided tour at 3:30 p.m.
Théâtre des automates (1**st** floor)
11:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. – Performance by the Compagnie Terraquée: "Il est rond mon ballon", by François Perrin and Cécile de Lagillardaie.
Construction Workshop (1**st** floor)
(All day, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
- Mathematical constructions, including tensegrity towers, by Science Ouverte.
- Tiling games, geometric origami…, by Science Ouverte
**- Problem solving, by the FFJM
- Logic grid games, by the FFJM
Communication Workshop (1**st** floor)
10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. – Dreaming and understanding mathematics through mathemagic, by Dominique Souder
3 p.m. – Performance (reading-concert) by the Compagnie 44: L'anniversaire de Blaise Pascal
Documentation Centre (1**st** floor)
(All day, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
- Amazing mathematics, by the Maths en scène association
- Hex game workshop, and other games, including Sudoku for children, by the CIJM
- Go game workshop, by Albert Fenech (FFGo)
11:30 a.m. – Presentation of the Maths and Go project (using the game of go for mathematics teaching during school hours from preschool to middle school)
Noon: Talk: The mathematical games championship, by Antoine Vanney (FFJM)
Free Materials Workshop (2**nd** floor)
(All day, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
- Mental arithmetic, mechanical calculation and aperiodic tiling workshops, by Playmath
11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. – Mathador Workshop, by Éric Trouillot
3 p.m. - Mathador tournament
Scientific instruments (2**nd** floor)
11 a.m. - Flash tour: the pascaline.
1:30 to 4:30 p.m. - Puzzle hunt rally, every 30 minutes, in groups of 8.
