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Competition. Mathemapolis: infinite challenges 

 

Corp. Lola Morales

 

 

                                                                       

organizers

This competition is jointly organized by Professor Xavier Gràcia and the FME library. It is an activity to celebrate International Mathematics Day on March 14, 2026.

Who is it aimed at

To FME students who follow theInstagram of the'@fme_upc and/or of the @BibliotecaFME.

 

Goal

The competition has several objectives:

  • To make known the mathematical contents and challenges of the poster Mathemapolis located in the hallway in front of the library entrance.
  • Energize the International Mathematics Day, March 14.

 

Basis of the contest

  • The name of the contest will be Mathemapolis: infinite challenges.
  • The Library will ask a question to l'Instagram of the'@fme_upc and of the @BibliotecaFME ethe days  February 27 and March 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13 related to the mathematical contents of the Matemàpolis poster.
  • Competition dates: from February 27 to March 13.
  • The questions will be posted on l'Instagram of the'@fme_upc and of the @BibliotecaFME specifying the time limit for answering.
  • Responses should be sent in a private message to the accounts l'Instagram of the'@fme_upc and/or of the @BibliotecaFME.
  • For each of the days, among all the FME students who answer each question correctly, a breakfast at the FME Bar worth €10 will be raffled. In addition, all participants who have answered the questions correctly will participate in a draw foran ABACUS voucher worth €60. (The more correct answers, the more chances of winning)
  • The answers and winners will be published on the accounts of'Instagram of the'@fme_upc and of the @BibliotecaFME and on the FME library website. Interested parties will be notified via a private Instagram message to indicate when and where to collect the prize.
  • For any questions, please contact: biblioteca.fme@upc.edu.
  • The names of the winners will be made public on the website of the Libraries, Publications and Archives Service on the same day of the draw.
  • Participation in the competition implies acceptance of these rules.

                 

                Awards

                A breakfast worth €10 will be raffled off among the students who have answered each question correctly.

                An ABACUS voucher worth €60 will be raffled among all participants who have answered a question correctly.

                The draw will be held once the deadline for answering each question has expired through a "random" application. 

                The awards ceremony will be (date to be confirmed)

                 

                Daily results

                Day

                 

                Interrogatory

                 

                Answer Winner
                February 27

                   In Mathemapolis there are two mathematicians fighting in combat. Who are they?

                Newton and Leibniz Alex Marti (GM)
                March 2

                 

                Near Descartes we see the acronyms that guide us in the 21st century. What are they?

                GPS Pere Carranza (MESIO)
                March 4

                 

                A few letters appear on the Mathematical City poster, but there is one that does not belong to the Latin or Greek alphabets. What is it?

                 

                Aleph Bartomeu Enrich (GM)
                March 6

                 

                Where is Galois sitting in the image of Mathemapolis?

                 

                On a roof Julia Marquet (GM)
                March 9

                 

                In Matemápolis there are buildings that evoke a Prussian city, currently under Russian rule. What problem owes its name to these buildings?

                 

                Bridges of Königsberg Josep Sans (MOM)
                March 11

                 

                In Matemápolis we see a father trying to drag his daughter, perhaps to school. What does the man do?

                 

                Topologist Miquel Ainaud Fondevila (GM)
                March 13

                 

                How many rooms does the Matemápolis hotel have?

                Infinites Miquel Ainaud Fondevila (MESIO)
                Final draw

                 

                 

                  Pau Hormias (GM)

                Data Protection

                • The user gives his consent to the processing of personal data collected in the registration form, as described below. taula who declares having read.
                • La Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, as the organizer of the contest, reserves the right to use the names and surnames and/or photographs of the winners to publicize the winner(s) in its own electronic media and/or in the media it deems appropriate.
                • Therefore, acceptance of the prize by the winner(s) implies explicit consent for the purposes of the provisions of the legislation on data protection, to be photographed or captured by any means of recording or reproducing the image and sound, and to their subsequent reproduction, dissemination, distribution, public communication or publication by any means, without the right to compensation for making the winner known.

                Last update: 24 / 03 / 2026