ATU Sligo held a mathematics talk to celebrate Maths Week. The speaker was Dr. Fernando Blasco. He is a mathematician and lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, interested in recreational maths and magic. He used magic to introduce topics such as prime numbers, knot theory, sudoku, topology, number systems, mind games, calendars and quick calculation. The pupils in 5th and 6th class were very impressed with the way he used mathematics in such an entertaining and engaging way.
