MATH+ Advent Calendar
The MATH+ Advent Calendar invites you to discover the beauty and power of Math beyond the subjects covered in school.
The calendar offers fascinating insights into recent application-oriented mathematical research and into the everyday professional life of mathematicians. The 24 challenging puzzles are aimed at curious high school students, university students, teachers, and everyone interested.
The registration for the calender 2025 will be possible from the November 1.
Here you can find the challenges from the last year
https://www.mathekalender.de/wp/calendar/challenge-archive/.
Participants 2024
In 2024, a total of 5454 participants took part in the MATH+ Advent Calendar. Our participants live in 73 countries:
More than half of the participants are pupils or teachers who take part together with their classes. However, the Advent calendar also attracts many math enthusiasts – including university students.
Particularly encouraging: Around 50% of the participants in the MATH+ Advent Calendar are girls!
For more numbers from the recent and past MATH+ Advent Calendars, see our statistics subpage.
The Berlin Mathematics Research Center MATH+
MATH+ is a cross-institutional and interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence based in Berlin. It sets out to explore and further develop new approaches in application-oriented mathematics. Emphasis is placed on mathematical principles for using ever larger amounts of data in life and material sciences, in energy and network research, and in the humanities and social sciences.
MATH+ is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) for a first period of seven years since January 2019. It is a joint project of the three major universities in Berlin—Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Technische Universität Berlin—as well as the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) and the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB). MATH+ continues the success stories of the renowned Research Center Matheon and the Graduate School Berlin Mathematical School (BMS).
News
Best Challenge 2024 – Voting results
The voting for the best MATH+ Advent Calendar Challenge 2024 has come to an end. Here are the winners: 1. Cutting Christmas Cookies 2. Elves and Lebkuchenschlucker 3. Safe Christmas!
Price Ceremony
Math is Fun, Connects People, and Inspires – This Was Proven by Nearly 700 Winners of the Math Advent Calendars at the Grand Award Ceremony in Berlin on January 24, 2025! After a month of mathematical challenges during Advent under the theme “Back to the Roots – A Mathematical Time Journey with the Elves”, the… Read More »Price Ceremony
20 Years of Math Calendar: The Most Beautiful Problems and Solutions
This year, we’re celebrating 20 years of the Math Calendar! To mark the occasion, we’ve gathered our favorite challenges from each year. We hope you enjoy this vibrant collection of math challenges! BestChallenges_en
20 Years Math Advent Calendar – small puzzles
The Math Advent Calendar is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year! To celebrate and build excitement for this year's Advent calendar, we've come up with a few small puzzles. For questions or feedback, we are available in the forum. Have fun solving them! 20 Years Math Advent Calendar – Nonogram Link: https://www.mathekalender.de/wp/20-years-math-advent-calendar-nonogram/ Rules: Color theRead More »20 Years Math Advent Calendar – small puzzles