Panama exhibits at the National Museum of Mathematics

Panama was present at a conference at the National Museum of Mathematics in New York (MoMath, by its acronym in English).

dr. Jeanette Shakalli, Executive Director Panama Foundation for the Promotion of Mathematics (FUNDAPROMAT), she became the first woman from Latin America to be invited to this event.

Shakalli was invited to NY, by the executive director MoMath, Cindy Lawrence. who offered him the opportunity to participate in the museum’s “Family Friday” program.

MoMath, located in Manhattan, is designed to “make math something fun and become an experience that inspires children, especially if they need to consolidate their knowledge or if parents want to encourage them to science”.

According to Independent cultural magazinehe MoMath “it was conceived by Glen Whitney, who was working as an investment fund analyst on Long Island, when he read news in 2008 that horrified him: the local mathematics museum, the Goudreau Museum, the only one in the United States on this subject, was about to . And then he thought that it couldn’t be and that he would solve that problem by creating his own in a didactic way to attract people”.

It was “an honor to be the first woman Latin American to be invited as an exhibitor at the National Museum of Mathematics in New York,” said Dr. Jeanette Shakalli.

“This achievement is the result of the efforts of the Foundation, which has had and continues to have a great impact at the national and international level,” he added.

The title of my opening address was “Mathematics with toothpicks”, counted.

The presentation included puzzles using sticks colored teeth to explore the beauty and richness of mathematics in an atmosphere of cooperation and lots of joy.

“Entire families with children from two years to older adults attended this face-to-face event and they enjoyed solving these fun challenges,” he said.

Shakalli’s success as a guest speaker at MoMath was such that he barely finished his conferencethe executive director of the Museum again invited the Panamanian to participate in the Annual Mathematical Festival in New York in July of this year.

However, you will not be able to attend due to obligations in Chili, where I was invited for a week to convey my experiences of popularizing mathematics to my citizens.

“However, I told him that he would be happy to participate in next year“, He said.