Celebrating Math

Cluster of Excellence MATH+ to Host an Event on July 1 as part of the German-wide event series "The 7 Greatest Mathematical Adventures" / Topic: Millennium Problem "P versus NP". On July 1, the Cluster of Excellence MATH+ is organizing an event in the German-wide series "The 7 Greatest Mathematical Adventures." The public event on July 1 in the Futurium in Berlin will deal with the famous Millennium Prize Problem "P versus NP." The problem addresses how quickly a computer can solve tasks of a certain complexity and why the search for an efficient algorithm has not been successful so far. This includes, for example, the traveling salesperson problem, in which a shortest round trip through several places is searched for, but for which no efficient algorithm is known so far. The part of the event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. is open to the public, and admission is free. In easy-to-understand lectures, MATH+ co-chair Martin Skutella from Technische Universität Berlin, Kurt Mehlhorn from MPII Saarbrücken, and junior Sarah Wolf from Freie Universität Berlin will convey how current mathematical research works and also explain to laypeople why mathematics is fascinating and can be a great adventure. Under the slogan "We celebrate mathematics!" there is a varied program with lectures and exciting activities around the problem "P versus NP." The event is aimed at high school students, journalists, mathematicians, and all other interested parties.