AF – Jogos Matemáticos para Professores
8, 15 e 29 de Novembro 2025 | Evento Online
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MUHNAC Courses — Introduction to Board Game Studies
This course is part of the free teaching offer of MUHNAC COURSES in collaboration between the National Museum of Natural History and Science and Ludus. Registration is required for all participants through the registration form to be sent to geral@museus.ulisboa.pt With Tiago Santos Hirth Date: April 26, 2025 — 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Location: Manuel Valadares Amphitheater | Museum Description: This course offers a concise introduction to the multidisciplinary field of board game studies, grounded in the cultural heritage of games. Participants will explore the cultural, historical, psychological, sociological and design dimensions of board games, also analyzing their connections with areas such as computer science and mathematics. Far beyond mere entertainment, board games are cultural artifacts that reflect and influence social dynamics, cognitive processes and historical contexts. Through a few well-chosen examples, this course will highlight key themes in the study of games and provide valuable tools for those wishing to explore this fascinating subject in more depth...
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This course is part of the free teaching offer of MUHNAC COURSES in collaboration between the National Museum of Natural History and Science and Ludus. Registration is required for all participants through the registration form to be sent to geral@museus.ulisboa.pt With Jorge Nuno Silva Dias April 29 – 30, 2025, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Location: Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7237413992 Description: Logic is a very relevant area of Mathematics. In simple terms, Logic deals with the rules of valid thought. We will see how, from puzzles designed by the best logicians, we can educate the taste for rigorous and creative thinking, when solving problems...
Read MoreMUHNAC Courses — Abacuses and other calculating mechanisms
25 – 26 Junho 2025, 18h às 20h | Evento online
Read MoreMUHNAC Courses — Arithmetic in Antiquity
24 – 25 Setembro 2025, 18h às 20h | Evento Online
Read MoreMUHNAC Courses — Recreational Mathematics
26 – 27 Novembro 2025, 18h às 20h | Evento online
Read MoreMath 365 — GPS and Relativity
This Activity is part of the Mathematics 365 program that presents mathematics as a fundamental pillar of society. By José Natário (IST) March 27, 2025 at 9:00 am Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7237413992 Summary: In this lecture we will explain the general functioning of GPS, and the very simple Mathematics of determining the position of the receiver from the satellite signals. Then we will analyze one of the most interesting corrections that must be applied in calculating the correct position: the correction imposed by the Theory of Relativity...
Read MoreMath 365 — Practical Mathemagic Lesson with Cards
This activity is part of the Mathematics 365 program that presents mathematics as a fundamental pillar of society. With Tiago Santos Hirth Day 03/17/2025 at 6:00 pm Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7237413992 Summary: In this one-hour workshop we invite you to see and learn the jaw-dropping effects. To unravel the mathematics used by illusionists such as Penn and Teller or Luís de Matos, among others. Come and discover the secrets of...
Read MoreMathematics 365 — The Mathematics of The Lusiads
This Activity is part of the Mathematics 365 program that presents mathematics as a fundamental pillar of society. With Carlos Perreira dos Santos Day 03/19/2025 at 11:00 Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7237413992 Summary: The Portuguese epic poem The Lusiads is uniquely rich in various areas of knowledge (history, geography, astronomy, mythology, classical literature, among others) and Luís de Camões (1524-1579) intertwines them all with remarkable technique and elegance. Luciano Pereira da Silva (1864-1926), mathematician and professor at Coimbra, studied the work in detail from the point of view of the use, often veiled, of such knowledge. Based fundamentally on Pereira da Silva's study, this work aims to make an alternative dissemination of the astronomy present in The Lusiads. This presentation is based on the journey itself described in the poem, rather than being organized by astronomical themes as Pereira da Silva did. The online version of this work includes videos and dynamic diagrams of the skies of 1497-1498, as well as a...
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This Activity is part of the Mathematics 365 program that presents mathematics as a fundamental pillar of society. With Jorge Nuno Silva Day 03/26/2025 at 11:00 Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7237413992 Summary: Problems are the soul of Mathematics. In this exhibition we will visit some very interesting problems by renowned authors, such as Raymond Smullyan and Martin...
Read MoreTribute Session for Professor João Cosme Santos Guerreiro
February 11th, Amphitheatre 3.2.14, 5pm On the occasion of the placement of a portrait of Professor Guerreiro in Amphitheatre 3.2.14, as well as a poster relating to him in the C3 atrium, we will hold a small commemorative session on February 11th at 5pm, in the amphitheatre where his portrait was placed, thus joining the 23 portraits there of teachers from our school who marked the history of the Faculty of Sciences in the 20th century. There will be short speeches by Luis Saraiva, Jorge Nuno Silva, Dinis Pestana and Luis Sanchez. A drink will be served offered by the Associação...
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CIUHCT Conference Abstract: If Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) had not written Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, he would probably be remembered as a pioneering photographer – and also as a mathematician. But what mathematics was he interested in – and how good was he? In this lecture I summarize his life and mathematical works in the context of Victorian Oxford. Biography: Robin Wilson is Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University, Emeritus Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London, and a former Fellow of Keble College, University of Oxford. A past president of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, he has written and edited over 50 books on the history of mathematics and its history (including Lewis Carroll on Numberland & Euler's Pioneering Equation) and specifically on graph theory (including Introduction to Graph Theory and Four Colours Are Enough). Involved in the popularization and communication of mathematics and its history, he has received awards from the Mathematical Association of America for his “outstanding expository writing”, and the Stanton Medal from the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications for his outreach activities in combinatorics. He has received two honorary doctorates and holds Erdős Number 1. Robin Wilson has been a member of the Ludus Association since 2017. See the official website of the event...
Read More9th Iberian Mathematics Meeting
The Iberian Mathematical Meeting is a joint event of the Real Sociedad Matemática Española (RSME) and the Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática (SPM).
Read MoreMathematics Fair 2024
The Mathematics Fair will take place at MUHNAC on 22nd and 23rd November 2024.
Read MoreJourneys
JORNADAS As JHJP são um encontro anual, aberto a todos os interessados em jogos e sua história, filosofia, técnica, etc. O objectivo é juntar num mesmo local, por algumas horas, muitos dos interessados em jogos em Portugal. Não há época privilegiada. Estudamos e apreciamos jogos desde 4000 aC até aos nossos dias! Contamos com investigadores, professores, coleccionadores, divulgadores, inventores, comerciantes, jogadores e muitos outros entusiastas. As JHJP são um momento privilegiado de partilha e aprendizagem para todos os participantes. Para além de palestras propomos um conjunto de actividades diversas para animar o colóquio. EDIÇÕES Jornadas I Jornadas II Jornadas III Jornadas IV Eventos Colloquia BGSC BGSC XXIII Paris 2021 BGSC XXI Athens 2018 BGSC XVIII La Tour-de-Peilz 2015 BGSC XVI Ponta Delgada 2013 BGSC XV Munich 2012 BGSC XIV Bruges 2011 BGSC XIII Paris 2010 BGSC XII Jerusalem 2009 BGSC XI Lisbon 2008 BGSC IV Fribourg 2001 CGTC CGTC VI CGTC V CGTC IV CGTC III CGTC II CGTC I RMC RMC VIII 2025 RMC VII 2023 RMC VI 2019 RMC V 2017 RMC IV 2015 RMC III 2013 RMC I 2009 Outros Eventos Jornadas Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal IV Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal III Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal II Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal I Masterclasses 2018 ESU...
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RMC
Recreational Mathematics Colloquium | Gathering 4 Gardner Europe Recreational Mathematics is a multidisciplinary field that combines creativity, fun and science. In addition to being a source of pleasure and inspiration, it plays a fundamental role in mediating the teaching of mathematics, bringing it closer to diverse audiences. For millennia, this field has served as an inspiration for both scientific discoveries and educational and cultural development. The Recreational Mathematics Colloquium (RMC) is a high-level international event dedicated to Recreational Mathematics, organized by the Ludus Association in Portugal every two years. Inspired by the tradition of the Gathering for Gardner (G4G) meetings,...
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RMC VIII 2025
Lisbon, Portugal January 27 – 29, 2025
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CGTC III
Combinatorial Game Theory Colloquium III (Lisbon, 22-24 January, 2019) Combinatorial Game Theory (CGT) is a branch of mathematics that studies sequential games with perfect information. Combinatorial games include well-known rulesets like Amazons, Clobber, Domineering, Hackenbush, Konane, Nim, Octal Games, Wythoff's Nim. After John Conway's On Numbers and Games (1976), Elwyn Berlekamp, John Conway, and Richard Guy published “the book” Winning Ways (1982). In that work, one can find a unified mathematical theory capable of analyzing a large class of rulesets. The books Lessons in Play (2007), by Michael Albert, David Wolfe, and Richard Nowakowski, and Combinatorial Game Theory (2013), by Aaron Siegel, are also mandatory reading. Combinatorial Game Theory Colloquia is held every two years, in Portugal. Ludus Association will organize in Lisbon the third edition of the CGTC, 22-24...
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CGTC II
Combinatorial Game Theory Colloquium II (Lisbon, 25-27 January, 2017) Combinatorial Game Theory (CGT) is a branch of mathematics that studies sequential games with perfect information. Combinatorial games include well-known rulesets like Amazons, Clobber, Domineering, Hackenbush, Konane, Nim, Octal Games, Wythoff's Nim. After John Conway's On Numbers and Games (1976), Elwyn Berlekamp, John Conway and Richard Guy published “the book” Winning Ways (1982). In that work, one can find a unified mathematical theory capable of analyzing a large class of rulesets. The books Lessons in Play (2007), by Michael Albert, David Wolfe, and Richard Nowakowski, and Combinatorial Game Theory (2013), by Aaron Siegel, are also mandatory reading. Combinatorial Game Theory Colloquia is held every two years, in Portugal. Associação Ludus will organize...
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CGTC I
Combinatorial Game Theory Colloquium I (Lisbon, 21-23 January, 2015) Combinatorial Game Theory (CGT) is a branch of mathematics that studies sequential games with perfect information. Combinatorial games include well-known rulesets like Amazons, Clobber, Domineering, Hackenbush, Konane, Nim, Octal Games, Wythoff's Nim. After John Conway's On Numbers and Games (1976), Elwyn Berlekamp, John Conway and Richard Guy published “the book” Winning Ways (1982). In that work, one can find a unified mathematical theory capable of analyzing a large class of rulesets. The books Lessons in Play (2007), by Michael Albert, David Wolfe, and Richard Nowakowski, and Combinatorial Game Theory (2013), by Aaron Siegel, are also mandatory reading. Combinatorial Game Theory Colloquia will be held every two years, in Portugal. Associação Ludus will organize in Lisbon the first edition...
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COMBINATORIAL GAME THEORY COLLOQUIA Combinatorial Game Theory (CGT) is a branch of mathematics that studies sequential games with perfect information. Combinatorial games include well-known rulesets like Amazons, Clobber, Domineering, Hackenbush, Konane, Nim, Octal Games, Wythoff’s Nim. After John Conway’s On Numbers and Games (1976), Elwyn Berlekamp, John Conway and Richard Guy published “the book” Winning Ways (1982). In that work, one can find a unified mathematical theory able to analyze a large class of rulesets. The books Lessons in Play (2007), by Michael Albert, David Wolfe, and Richard Nowakowski, and Combinatorial Game Theory (2013), by Aaron Siegel, are also mandatory reading. Combinatorial Game Theory Colloquia, organized by Associação Ludus, are held every two years, in Portugal. The fundamental idea of these conferences is to join, on European soil, the world’s top experts on the subject. That way, they can share and join efforts on important open problems and spread the topic more consistently beyond United States and Canada. Combinatorial Game Theory Colloquia Editions CGTC I CGTC II CGTC III CGTC IV CGTC V CGTC VI Eventos Colloquia BGSC BGSC XXIII Paris 2021 BGSC XXI Athens 2018 BGSC XVIII La Tour-de-Peilz 2015 BGSC XVI Ponta Delgada 2013 BGSC XV Munich 2012 BGSC XIV Bruges 2011 BGSC XIII Paris 2010 BGSC XII Jerusalem 2009 BGSC XI Lisbon 2008 BGSC IV Fribourg 2001 CGTC CGTC VI CGTC V CGTC IV CGTC III CGTC II CGTC I RMC RMC VIII 2025 RMC VII 2023 RMC VI 2019 RMC V 2017 RMC IV 2015 RMC III 2013 RMC I 2009 Outros Eventos Jornadas Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal IV Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal III Jornadas História dos Jogos em...
Read MoreBGSC XXIII Paris 2021
BGSX XXIII PARIS 2021 (ONLINE EVENT) Abstracts Program Eventos Colloquia BGSC BGSC XXIII Paris 2021 BGSC XXI Athens 2018 BGSC XVIII La Tour-de-Peilz 2015 BGSC XVI Ponta Delgada 2013 BGSC XV Munich 2012 BGSC XIV Bruges 2011 BGSC XIII Paris 2010 BGSC XII Jerusalem 2009 BGSC XI Lisbon 2008 BGSC IV Fribourg 2001 CGTC CGTC VI CGTC V CGTC IV CGTC III CGTC II CGTC I RMC RMC VIII 2025 RMC VII 2023 RMC VI 2019 RMC V 2017 RMC IV 2015 RMC III 2013 RMC I 2009 Outros Eventos Jornadas Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal IV Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal III Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal II Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal I Masterclasses 2018 ESU...
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BGSC XXI Athens 2018
BGSX XXI ATHENS 2018 Facebook Event Photos Call for papers1 Call for papers2 Poster Eventos Colloquia BGSC BGSC XXIII Paris 2021 BGSC XXI Athens 2018 BGSC XVIII La Tour-de-Peilz 2015 BGSC XVI Ponta Delgada 2013 BGSC XV Munich 2012 BGSC XIV Bruges 2011 BGSC XIII Paris 2010 BGSC XII Jerusalem 2009 BGSC XI Lisbon 2008 BGSC IV Fribourg 2001 CGTC CGTC VI CGTC V CGTC IV CGTC III CGTC II CGTC I RMC RMC VIII 2025 RMC VII 2023 RMC VI 2019 RMC V 2017 RMC IV 2015 RMC III 2013 RMC I 2009 Outros Eventos Jornadas Jornadas História...
Read MoreBGSC XVIII La Tour-de-Peilz 2015
BGSX XVIII LA TOUR-DE-PEILZ 2015 SuissTV: Visit to Musée Romain de Vallon Program Photos Eventos Colloquia BGSC BGSC XXIII Paris 2021 BGSC XXI Athens 2018 BGSC XVIII La Tour-de-Peilz 2015 BGSC XVI Ponta Delgada 2013 BGSC XV Munich 2012 BGSC XIV Bruges 2011 BGSC XIII Paris 2010 BGSC XII Jerusalem 2009 BGSC XI Lisbon 2008 BGSC IV Fribourg 2001 CGTC CGTC VI CGTC V CGTC IV CGTC III CGTC II CGTC I RMC RMC VIII 2025 RMC VII 2023 RMC VI 2019 RMC V 2017 RMC IV 2015 RMC III 2013 RMC I 2009 Outros Eventos Jornadas Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal IV Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal III Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal II Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal I Masterclasses 2018 ESU...
Read MoreBGSC XVI Ponta Delgada 2013
BGSX XVI PONTA DELGADA 2013 The International Society for Board Game Studies holds yearly colloquia in which scholars, university professors, museum curators, historians, archaeologists, psychologists, mathematicians, game inventors, collectors and others share their research results on board games. Previous BGS colloquia has been held in the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, USA, UK, Brazil, Austria, Portugal, Israel, France… The University of Azores and the Ludus Association will organize the Board Game Studies Colloquium XVI. The Colloquium will be hosted by the University of Azores. Organization Program Scientific Committee Alex de Voogt, USA Edite Alberto, Portugal Fernanda Frazão, Portugal Irving Finkel, UK João Pedro Neto, Portugal Jorge Nuno Silva, Portugal Lídia Fernandes, Portugal Thierry Depaulis, France Ulrich Shädler, Switzerland Organizing Committee Alda Carvalho, Portugal Ana Paula Garrão, Portugal Carlos Pereira dos Santos, Portugal Jorge Nuno Silva, Portugal Margarida Dias, Portugal Ricardo Cunha Teixeira, Portugal Wednesday, 3rd April 8:30– Welcome and registration 9:15 – Opening Session 9:30 – Writing systems and games: a curious marriage in the western Pacific(BGS+RM)_ Alex Voogt, American Museum of Natural History 10:30 – Counting with counters: Gerbert's abacus(BGS+RM)_ Jorge Nuno Silva, University of Lisbon 11:00 – Coffee-Break 11:30 – An update to the multilated chessboard (BGS+RM)_ Colin Wright, Liverpool Mathematical Society (Invited Speaker) 12:30 – Quadratum (BGS+RM)_ Helena Melo, University of Azores & CMATI 13:00 – Break for lunch 14:30 – Marbles-a Roman game reexamined_ Ulrich Schädler, The Swiss Museum of Games 15:30 – The game...
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BGSX Matthias Teichert – The board-game-motif in Norse mythologyP 02 Elke Rogersdotter – Finding Places: locating ancient gaming (remains)P 03 Chris Dobbs – The multifaceted uses of gaming in ancient RomeP 04 Michele King – Konane: An old Hawaiian game played on rock with lava pebblesP 05 Irving Finkel – Always look down (Graffiti Board Games in India)P 06 Alfonso Atala Layun – Cuatro Tribus (Four Tribes)P 07 Roly Cobbett – Gaming finds from Richborough P 08 Rainer Buland – Sense, Symbolism and Magic of Figures and Numbers on Baroque Board Games.P 09 Edite Alberto – Games on Portuguese RocksP 10 Gejus van Diggele – The war on the table (Games and Puzzles from World War II)P 11 Iris Ridder – The use of games in medieval mining societiesP 12 Steffen Bogen – Transforming space in boardgamesP 13 Cosimo Cardellicchio – A survey of some connection games in the 50th year of the publication of Twixt P 14 Ulrich Schädler – A century of German history and politics in board gamesP 15 Alex de Voogt – Mancala games at the pyramids of MeroeP 16 Yasuji Shimizu – When was Ancient Chess Introduced into East Asia? Whitehill – The game of Clue/Cluedo, a contemporary board gameP 18 Gadi Kfir – Road to VictoryP 19 Peter Michaelsen – The diffusion of Tâb games in Medieval EuropeP 20 John McLeod – Scoring and WinningP 21 Fred Horn – Three Games published in the 1980th...
Read MoreBGSC XIV Bruges 2011
BGSX XIV BRUGES 2011 Abstracts Photos Eventos Colloquia BGSC BGSC XXIII Paris 2021 BGSC XXI Athens 2018 BGSC XVIII La Tour-de-Peilz 2015 BGSC XVI Ponta Delgada 2013 BGSC XV Munich 2012 BGSC XIV Bruges 2011 BGSC XIII Paris 2010 BGSC XII Jerusalem 2009 BGSC XI Lisbon 2008 BGSC IV Fribourg 2001 CGTC CGTC VI CGTC V CGTC IV CGTC III CGTC II CGTC I RMC RMC VIII 2025 RMC VII 2023 RMC VI 2019 RMC V 2017 RMC IV 2015 RMC III 2013 RMC I 2009 Outros Eventos Jornadas Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal IV Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal III Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal II Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal I Masterclasses 2018 ESU...
Read MoreBGSC XIII Paris 2010
BGSC XIII PARIS 2010 Official Website Programme Photos Eventos Colloquia BGSC BGSC XXIII Paris 2021 BGSC XXI Athens 2018 BGSC XVIII La Tour-de-Peilz 2015 BGSC XVI Ponta Delgada 2013 BGSC XV Munich 2012 BGSC XIV Bruges 2011 BGSC XIII Paris 2010 BGSC XII Jerusalem 2009 BGSC XI Lisbon 2008 BGSC IV Fribourg 2001 CGTC CGTC VI CGTC V CGTC IV CGTC III CGTC II CGTC I RMC RMC VIII 2025 RMC VII 2023 RMC VI 2019 RMC V 2017 RMC IV 2015 RMC III 2013 RMC I 2009 Outros Eventos Jornadas Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal IV Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal III Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal II Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal I Masterclasses 2018 ESU...
Read MoreBGSC XII Jerusalem 2009
BGSC XII JERUSALEM 2009 Summary Yehuda Website Photos Eventos Colloquia BGSC BGSC XXIII Paris 2021 BGSC XXI Athens 2018 BGSC XVIII La Tour-de-Peilz 2015 BGSC XVI Ponta Delgada 2013 BGSC XV Munich 2012 BGSC XIV Bruges 2011 BGSC XIII Paris 2010 BGSC XII Jerusalem 2009 BGSC XI Lisbon 2008 BGSC IV Fribourg 2001 CGTC CGTC VI CGTC V CGTC IV CGTC III CGTC II CGTC I RMC RMC VIII 2025 RMC VII 2023 RMC VI 2019 RMC V 2017 RMC IV 2015 RMC III 2013 RMC I 2009 Outros Eventos Jornadas Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal IV Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal III Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal II Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal I Masterclasses 2018 ESU...
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BGSC XI Lisbon 2008
BGSC XI LISBON 2008 The International Society for Board Game Studies holds yearly colloquia in which scholars, university professors, museum curators, historians, archaeologists, psychologists, mathematicians, game inventors, collectors and others share their research results on board games. Previous BGS colloquia has been held in the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, USA, UK, Brazil and Austria. The Ludus Association, the Museum of Science of the University of Lisbon, the Portuguese Mathematical Society and the Center of History of Science of the University of Lisbon will organize the Board Game Studies Colloquium XI. The Colloquium will be hosted by the Museum of Science. OrganizationInvited SpeakersProgram Scientific committee Alex...
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BGSC IV FRIBOURG 2001 Abstracts International ColloquiumApril 17-21, 2001,University of Fribourg (Switzerland) Jeroen Donkers, Jos Uiterwijk, Univ. Maastricht & Alex de Voogt, Univ. Leiden (Netherlands) Mancala Games The large group of Mancala games offer many possibilities for academic research. In the field of game history, Mancala games have been studied because of their enormous geographical spread and the large diversity in boards and game rules. The goal of our talk is to present some of the research in various other directions that has been done by us, but mainly by others. In the field of psychology, Mancala games play a special role among other board games. The effect of a single move can be so large that it becomes incalculable for humans, especially when multiple leaps of sowing are allowed. The way in which players cope with this has been studied in the game of Dakon. Mancala games are also of interest to mathematicians. Some Mancala games have special properties like the existence of infinite move sequences in Bao. Mathematical research has also been performed on solitaire Mancala games, leading into the series of Tchoukaillon positions. Finally, Mancala games have been studied early in the field of Artificial Intelligence as a model of human reasoning, but they are still subject of research in computer games. Kalah has recently been solved and Awari is bound to be solved very soon. N'Guessan...
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BGSC
Board Game Studies Colloquia In September 1990 Irving Finkel, curator and assyriologist for The British Museum, hosted a symposium on the study of board games “Board Games in the Ancient World”. This encouraged the regular gathering of minds, mainly thanks to Alex De Voogt, starting in 1995 first on a biennial basis, and since 2001 every year. Today this meeting is known as the Board Game Studies Colloquium and, in 2023 celebrated its 25th meeting in Ephesus. It is so far that the only recurring event devoted solely to the study of non-digital board games hosted at various venues throughout the world. The...
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Masterclasses 2018
Masterclasses 2018 Digital Minds: Science Fiction or the Near Future? Arlindo OliveiraPresident of Instituto Superior Técnico and Professor of the Department of Computer Engineering Summary: What do computers, cells and brains have in common? Computers are electronic devices designed by humans, cells are biological entities created by evolution and brains are the containers and creators of our minds. But all of them are, in one way or another, machines that process information. The power of the human brain is, for now, incomparably superior to that of any known machine or living being. However, after millions of years of...
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Conference on the History of Games in Portugal IV
History of the Games in Portugal IV Conference The fourth History of the Games in Portugal Conference will be held on December 12, 2015 in the Extraction Room of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (Largo Trindade Coelho, 1200-470 Lisbon) between 9:00 and 18:00. Registration is free. The History of the Games in Portugal – IV Conference will feature the participation of two of the most important experts in the world, Thierry Depaulis and Ulrich Schädler. Organization Scientific Committee Lídia Fernandes | lidia.fernandes@cm-lisboa.pt Fernanda Frazão | fernandarbfrazao@gmail.com Jorge Nuno Silva | jnsilva@cal.berkeley.edu Organizing Committee Lídia Fernandes | lidia.fernandes@cm-lisboa.pt Fernanda...
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Conference on the History of Games in Portugal III
Conference on the History of Games in Portugal III The JHJP is an annual meeting, open to all those interested in games and their history, philosophy, technique, etc. These conferences follow on from, in addition to the previous ones, other initiatives by researchers linked to the Project-FCT History of Games in Portugal. The aim is to bring together in the same place, for a few hours, many of those interested in games in Portugal. There is no privileged period. We study and appreciate games from 4000 BC to the present day! Some publications associated with this movement: The Book of Games by Afonso X Board Games Inscribed on Stone 1st Conferences...
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Conference on the History of Games in Portugal II
Jornadas História dos Jogos em Portugal II Galeria de fotos Download Cartaz e Programa (frente) Download Cartaz e Programa (verso) Eventos Colloquia BGSC BGSC XXIII Paris 2021 BGSC XXI Athens 2018 BGSC XVIII La Tour-de-Peilz 2015 BGSC XVI Ponta Delgada 2013 BGSC XV Munich 2012 BGSC XIV Bruges 2011 BGSC XIII Paris 2010 BGSC XII Jerusalem 2009 BGSC XI Lisbon 2008 BGSC IV Fribourg 2001 CGTC CGTC VI CGTC V CGTC IV CGTC III CGTC II CGTC I RMC RMC VIII 2025 RMC VII 2023 RMC VI 2019 RMC V 2017 RMC IV 2015 RMC III 2013 RMC I...
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RMC VII 2023
Recreational Mathematics Colloquium VII OrganizationInvited Speakers Scientific Committee Alda Carvalho, Portugal António Fernandes, Portugal Aviezri Fraenkel, Israel Carlos Pereira dos Santos, Portugal Colin Wright, UK David Singmaster, UK João Pedro Neto, Portugal Jorge Buescu, Portugal Jorge Nuno Silva, Portugal Pedro Freitas, Portugal Richard Nowakowski, Canada Robin Wilson, UK Thane Plambeck, USA Tony Mann, UK Organizing Committee Alda Carvalho, Portugal Ana Paula de Ornelas Garrão, Portugal Anabela Teixeira, Portugal Jorge Nuno Silva, Portugal Margarida de Jesus Silva Raposo, Portugal Ricardo Teixeira, Portugal Tiago Hirth, Portugal Tiago Robalo, Portugal Colin Wright (UK) Fernando Blasco (Spain) Jorge Buescu (Portugal) Mark Mitton (USA)...
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RMC VI 2019
Recreational Mathematics Colloquium VI OrganizationInvited SpeakersProgram Scientific Committee Alda Carvalho, Portugal Aviezri Fraenkel, Israel Carlos Pereira dos Santos, Portugal Colin Wright, UK David Singmaster, UK João Pedro Neto, Portugal Jorge Buescu, Portugal Jorge Nuno Silva, Portugal Pedro Freitas, Portugal Richard Nowakowski, Canada Robin Wilson, UK Thane Plambeck, USA Organizing Committee Alda Carvalho, Portugal Anabela Gaio, Portugal Anabela Teixeira, Portugal Carlos Pereira dos Santos, Portugal Carlota Brazileiro, Portugal Jorge Nuno Silva, Portugal Pedro Freitas, Portugal Tiago Hirth, Portugal Tiago Robalo, Portugal Volunteers Beatriz da Costa Salvador; Beatriz Nunes; Carolina Ferreira Martins; Catarina de Jesus Martins Alves; Cristina Alejandra Paublini...
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RMC V 2017
Recreational Mathematics Colloquium V Recreational Mathematics (RM). Today it is clear for most mathematicians and educators that the enjoyment RM provides is an asset in the process of bringing mathematics to all. The historians among us might take the opportunity to remind us that RM has also been, for millennia, a source of inspiration for more prosaic scientific activities. RMC-V (G4G- Europe) will be yet another high level meeting where some mathematical pearls will be shared and appreciated. It will be relevant in many ways (scientific, educational,…) and entertaining. What else should we ask for? MAA's president put...
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RMC IV 2015
Recreational Mathematics Colloquium IV “Recreational Mathematics” is a problematic expression. For some people, like most professional mathematicians, Mathematics is lots of fun; but for others, like some students, Mathematics can be a nightmare. Historically, we know that some mathematical research areas are deeply linked to puzzles and games: probability and chance games, graph theory and the Brigdes of Königsberg come to mind. Ludus Association, the Portuguese Mathematical Society, Interuniversity Center for the History of Science and Technology (CIUHCT), and Ciência Viva will organize the Recreational Mathematics Colloquium IV. National Museum of Natural History and Science will be our host. Our Colloquium...
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RMC III 2013
Recreational Mathematics Colloquium III “Recreational Mathematics” is a problematic expression. For some people, like most professional mathematicians, Mathematics is lots of fun; but for others, like some students, Mathematics can be a nightmare. Historically, we know that some mathematical research areas are deeply linked to puzzles and games — probability and chance games, graph theory and the Brigdes of Königsberg come to mind. The University of Azores and the Ludus Association will organize the Recreational Mathematics Colloquium III. This initiative is accredited by the Scientific and Pedagogical Council for Continuing Education (CCPFC/ACC-73251/13) and by the Regional Directorate of Education of the Government of the Azores (Order No. 1567/2012), in the groups...
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RMC I 2009
Recreational Mathematics Colloquium I “Recreational Mathematics” is a problematic expression. For some people, like most professional mathematicians, Mathematics is lots of fun; but for others, like some students, Mathematics can be a nightmare. Historically, we know that some mathematical research areas are deeply linked to puzzles and games — probability and chance games, graph theory and the Brigdes of Königsberg come to mind. The University of Évora, the Ludus Association, the Museum of Science of the University of Lisbon, the Portuguese Mathematical Society and the Center of History of Science of the University of Lisbon will organize the Recreational Mathematics Colloquium I. The University of Évora...
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Conference on the History of Games in Portugal I
Conference on the History of Games in Portugal I Related publications Proceedings Book: 1st Conference on the History of Games in Portugal This volume includes works by several authors and marks the beginning of the organized production of studies on our history of games. The event that gave rise to it crowned an FCT project and brought together most of the specialists who have been working on various aspects of this rapidly developing scientific field. Buy Publication Photo gallery Download Program Events Colloquia BGSC BGSC XXIII Paris 2021 BGSC XXI Athens 2018 BGSC XVIII La Tour-de-Peilz 2015 BGSC XVI Ponta Delgada 2013 BGSC XV...
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CGTC IV
Combinatorial Game Theory Colloquium IV (Lisbon, 23-25 January, 2023) Combinatorial Game Theory (CGT) is a branch of mathematics that studies sequential games with perfect information. Combinatorial games include well-known rulesets like Amazons, Clobber, Domineering, Hackenbush, Konane, Nim, Octal Games, Wythoff's Nim. After John Conway's On Numbers and Games (1976), Elwyn Berlekamp, John Conway, and Richard Guy published “the book” Winning Ways (1982). In that work, one can find a unified mathematical theory capable of analyzing a large class of rulesets. The books Lessons in Play (2007), by Michael Albert, David Wolfe, and Richard Nowakowski, and Combinatorial Game Theory (2013), by Aaron Siegel, are also mandatory reading. Combinatorial Game Theory Colloquia is held every two years, in Portugal. Ludus Association will organize in S. Miguel, Azores, the fourth edition of the...
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