Exhibitions

69 panels A3, 65 panels A5

This exhibition is a collection of mural projects that represent different views of Mathematics. It is the culmination of the work that was developed in the 2021-2022 academic year within the scope of the “Mathematics and Street Art” Competition aimed at schools in the 3rd cycle of Basic Education and Secondary Education. Of the 356 applications presented, 67 works were selected to be included in this exhibition. This initiative is the joint responsibility of CMUC, DMUC and SPMCentro and was part of the International Mathematics Day Celebrations. It results from the union of efforts and the sharing of ideas between students and teachers, fulfilling the objective of showing that: Mathematics Unites! Mathematics is fun!

18 panels A4

The aim of this exhibition is to stimulate the visitor's mathematical thinking, leading them to say: "Ah, I've seen it!". This exhibition is the joint responsibility of DMUC and SPM. Most of the figures presented in the original version came from the book Proofs Without Words, Exercises in Visual Thinking by R. B. Nelsen, published by The Mathematical Association of America, and from the Proofs Without Words column in The Mathematical Magazine, edited by the same association. The current version improved the original and differs from it not only in the materials used but also in the graphics and content. This is the version available for loan.

TECHNICAL DETAILS Organization: Olga Azenhas, Alexander Kovacec and Carlota Simões. Graphic arrangement of the original version: F. Batista. Coordination of the current edition: Gonçalo Gutierres da Conceição, Ana Paula Costa and Isabel Pereira. Graphic arrangement of the current edition: Victor Hugo Fernandes

50 panels A4

The main objective of this exhibition is, in addition to having fun, to encourage visitors to learn some mathematics in a light and fun way. The origins of the cartoons that appear in this exhibition are very varied. Calvin & Hobes comes directly from albums published in Portuguese and also from the newspaper "O Público." Some of the cartoons came from elementary math magazines. For example, "American Mathematical Monthly", "The College Mathematics Journal". The two most visible presences are cartoonists Sidney Harris and Cosgrove. Sidney Harris is the author of several scientific cartoon books. Cosgrove is a pseudonym of the English mathematician Ian Stewart of the University of Warwick. Ian Stewart is also the author of several publicity works, some published in Portugal by the publisher Gradiva: "Os Problems of Mathematics", "Games, Sets and Mathematics" etc. Among Portuguese cartoonists, we give special attention to the priceless bartenders and customers of Luís Afonso's Bartoon.

Organization: Francisco Craveiro de Carvalho, Olga Azenhas and Carlota Simões It was on display at the Mathematics Department from January 6th to April 9th, 1999.
http://www.mat.uc.pt/eventos/cartoons.htm

25 panels A4, 1 panel A3, 5 ropes

This exhibition showcases the fascinating world of mathematical knots. It had the collaboration of “The Mathematics and Knots Exhibition Group”, University of Wales Bangor.

Organization: Francisco Craveiro de Carvalho, Olga Azenhas and Carlota Simões It was on display at the Mathematics Department from September 30th to December 18th, 1998.
http://www.mat.uc.pt/eventos/knots.html

47 panels A4

This exhibition consists of a selection of poems that have, sometimes only remotely, any relationship with mathematics. Even with this restriction, some of the biggest names in Portuguese poetry of the 20th century are represented there. Ah, but Borges is not Portuguese... the informed visitor will say. No, it's not, but it had close Portuguese predecessors, to which it alludes in the poem Os Borges... The original version of this exhibition was entitled "Mathematics in Portuguese Poetry”. It was exhibited in the Department of Mathematics from 29th September to 17th December 1999. The current edition is a curated project between DM-FCTUC and CMUC. In this initiative, representative poems from the previous edition were selected, with a few more authors added to those already present in this collection. The materials and graphics were also improved.

Organization: Francisco Craveiro de Carvalho, Olga Azenhas and Carlota Simões Coordination of the current edition: Carlota Simões, Margarida Camarinha and Ricardo Mamede
http://www.mat.uc.pt/eventos/poesia.html

The exhibition consists of 63 panels and 14 brochures with the Portuguese version of some of the exhibition's texts.

Exhibition on the lives of Jewish mathematicians in Berlin during World War II. Kindly provided by Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung.

Organization: Francisco Craveiro de Carvalho, Olga Azenhas and Carlota Simões It was on display at the Mathematics Department from April 17th to September 17th, 1999.
http://www.mat.uc.pt/eventos/terror_and_exile.html

This exhibition, in which the Sun is the center, shows the reasons and methods for observing and studying the Sun.

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This exhibition aims to clarify what Geographic Information is, what its specificities are, what the sciences and technologies used to obtain and make it available are and how they work, as well as the potential of this type of information.

(Property of SPM)

This exhibition aims to highlight the importance of a set of initiatives carried out by a prominent group of scientists - especially mathematicians - who, like other intellectuals, were unjustly banned from Portuguese universities by the Estado Novo. It is hoped, therefore, to contribute to a better understanding of the 1940s and, at the same time, pay a modest tribute to this group of scientists and their invaluable civic participation. The original version of this exhibition, entitled "Mathematical Effervescence 1937/47", was inaugurated in 1991 as part of the SPM's 50th anniversary celebrations, at the Science Museum of the University of Lisbon. In 1997 it was part of the exhibition “Movimento Matemático 1937-1947”, a joint initiative SPM/CML-Museu República e Resistência, having been restored on the occasion of the International Year of Mathematics.

TECHNICAL DETAILS Design and coordination: I. Perez. Research and texts: A. Caetano, A. Franco de Oliveira, I. Perez. Graphic arrangement of the original edition: Atelier H. Cayatte. Coordination of the current edition: C. Martins, M. Graça Mendes. Graphic arrangement of the current edition: Photo Zé Manel.

The Drawing Class was created by the Pombaline statutes of the University of Coimbra in 1772, remaining attached to the Faculty of Mathematics until the creation of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Coimbra, in 1911. In this exhibition we can find some of the didactic models of the old Drawing Class from the University of Coimbra, such as those acquired in the early 1880s from Casa Delagrave in Paris.

With the advent of the Republic, a Geometry Office was created at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Coimbra to which the names of professors Luciano Pereira da Silva (1864-1926) and João Pereira Dias (1894-1960) are associated. Within the scope of this office, between 1912 and 1914, a vast collection of geometric models from the firm of Martin Schilling was acquired.

This exhibition also includes two sets of geometric models acquired at the time of the Faculty of Mathematics established by the Pombaline statutes of 1772: the models by Théodore Olivier, acquired in 1872 for the Descriptive Geometry class, and the models by Herman Wiener, acquired in 1906 for the chair of Algebra, Analytical Geometry and Spherical Trigonometry.

This exhibition consists of a chronological display of calculation and computer equipment used in the Mathematics Department of the University of Coimbra since the second half of the 20th century, including a sequence of calculators from mechanical ones to the first programmable ones, the AMSTRAD computer - the first PC with a price accessible to the average person - and still an almost complete sequel to the original Macintosh computers.