It all adds up: Sundays + Math Mornings = a formula for fun

The mathematical mind does not take weekends off.  It is a way of looking at the world — its shapes, its patterns, its tendencies — that finds expression just as readily on a sleepy Sunday as any other day of the week. Which is a roundabout explanation for the enduring success of Math Mornings at Yale.
Each year since 2012, the Department of Mathematics has organized a series of public, Sunday morning talks on all things mathematical. The talks often draw more than 100 children and their parents to campus from around the region.
“This is a light-hearted outreach series, with no assumptions about what the audience already knows,” said Yair Minsky, Yale’s Einar Hille Professor of Mathematics, who started Math Mornings and continues to coordinate the series. Part of Yale’s Science Outreach program, Math Mondays is partially funded by the National Science Foundation.
This semester’s series opens Oct. 16 at Davies Auditorium, 10 Hillhouse Ave. The program starts at 10:30 a.m. with snacks, math games, and demonstrations. The talk begins at 11 a.m.