MATH+ Advent Calendar
The MATH+ Advent Calendar invites you to discover the beauty and power of Math beyond the subjects covered in school.
The calendar offers fascinating insights into recent application-oriented mathematical research and into the everyday professional life of mathematicians. The 24 challenging puzzles are aimed at curious high school students, university students, teachers, and everyone interested.
The registration for the calender 2024 will be possible from the November 1.
Here you can find the challenges from the last year
Participants
In 2023, a total of 6330 participants took part in the MATH+ Advent Calendar. Our participants live in 74 countries:
For more numbers from the recent and past MATH+ Advent Calendars, see our statistics subpage.
The Berlin Mathematics Research Center MATH+
MATH+ is a cross-institutional and interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence based in Berlin. It sets out to explore and further develop new approaches in application-oriented mathematics. Emphasis is placed on mathematical principles for using ever larger amounts of data in life and material sciences, in energy and network research, and in the humanities and social sciences.
MATH+ is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) for a first period of seven years since January 2019. It is a joint project of the three major universities in Berlin—Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Technische Universität Berlin—as well as the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) and the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB). MATH+ continues the success stories of the renowned Research Center Matheon and the Graduate School Berlin Mathematical School (BMS).
News
Best Challenge 2024
You decide! Which challenge of this years math advent calendar was the best? Welche Aufgabe hat euch am meisten gefallen? / Which challenge did you like the most?1 Rette Weihnachten! / Safe Christmas!2 Lass uns Einpacken! / Let's Wrap it Up!3 Die kreisförmigen Lager der Elfen / The Elves Circular Storages4 Verloren im magischen WaldRead More »Best Challenge 2024
20 Years of Math Calendar: The Most Beautiful Problems and Solutions
This year, we’re celebrating 20 years of the Math Calendar! To mark the occasion, we’ve gathered our favorite challenges from each year. We hope you enjoy this vibrant collection of math challenges! BestChallenges_en
20 Years Math Advent Calendar – small puzzles
The Math Advent Calendar is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year! To celebrate and build excitement for this year's Advent calendar, we've come up with a few small puzzles. For questions or feedback, we are available in the forum. Have fun solving them! 20 Years Math Advent Calendar – Nonogram Link: https://www.mathekalender.de/wp/20-years-math-advent-calendar-nonogram/ Rules: Color theRead More »20 Years Math Advent Calendar – small puzzles
Start of Registration on 1 November
Since the first of November, you can register for the MATH+ Advent Calendar 2024. As always, the calendar opens its first window on 01 Dezember at 4pm.
Attention! Rule Change – New Point Distribution
This year, we have a different distribution of points. It is as follows: 5 points for submission within the first 24 hours 3 points for submission within the first 48 hours 1 point for submission within a week Tasks will still be published on the weekend, but the points will be counted as if they… Read More »Attention! Rule Change – New Point Distribution
Statistics
The statistics for the calender 2023 can be found here (only in German) KalenderStatistik2023
Review Award Ceremony
Impressions of the award ceremony of the advent calendar 2023
Solution Book
The solutions to the tasks can be found in the booklet MK-2023-Loesungen-en-2901 We hope that you enjoy the booklet and the solutions. If you find any small typos, we would greatly appreciate a small contribution in the forum.
Best Challenge 2023
How did you like the challenges this year? Please vote for your favourite challenge!