Maths Picnic Autumn 2012

After the last lecture, the class holds a maths picnic where everyone is asked to bring a food that symbolises something we learnt about in the course. These are the imaginative offerings from the Autumn 2012 class! (Click on the pictures to get bigger versions.)

Sierpinski gingerbread
From Lecture 6, the Sierpinski triangle constructed as jelly beans on gingerbread.
fractal snowflake chocolate
Also from Lecture 6, fractal snowflake chocolates.
Mobius sweets snowflake lolly
Two more fractal snowflake lollies from Lecture 6 and some Möbius shaped fizzy ribbons from Lecture 7.
Mobius pizza
From Lecture 7, Möbius pizza.
geometry snacks
Lots of geometrical snacks this semester! Here we have hyperbolic Pringles and some genus 1 biscuits.
mince pi
From Lecture 2, some irrational mince pi.
Haribo starmix
Finally, some geometrically flavoured 'Starmix' sweeties.

About Julia

Julia

Julia Collins is a mathematician who recently finished her PhD in Knot Theory at the University of Edinburgh.