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Boy, this sounds awesome! As a mathematician who's gonna spend his next few months in Warsaw, is there anything there similar to this? I'd love some real, live

• Tade0 5y ago
  Unfortunately this is now history. Nowadays people go hiking in the mountains instead and argue about math there. My algebra professor from college does a biannual kayaking trip. Not a mathematician, but I spent a few years during high school hiking with math students, talking mostly about math. We even went on a sort of pilgrimage to Lviv to see the grave of Stefan Banach and of course the Scottish Café. I still remember one actual conversation from that trip: -Where are we anyway? -In Ukraine. -What kind of response is that? -The most precise I could give.
  • neiman 5y ago
    Lol. Discussing math while hiking is great, but regular meetings in cafes are a whole different animal. There's something about the repetitivity, the short meetings, the "mundane" atmosphere etc, which is good for me for math discussions. Hiking trips are too "special" to bring the same experience.
    • cpach 5y ago
      It might not be possible now during the pandemic. But under normal times it could have worked to start a math group at Meetup.com and then spread that link via Twitter, Facebook, local universities etc. As a starting point 2-3 persons could hold flash talks that could spawn off into interesting discussions. A local sponsor could make sure that some food and beverages are available to the attendants. Just a thought.
    • neiman 5y ago
      Good idea, I may try that.
    • sidpatil 5y ago
      Not to mention the easily-available caffeine, which is conducive to discussion.