The Math Square is a huge computer screen built into the floor. As you walk on Math Square it senses where you are. Many of the programs that it runs will change according to where people are standing and how they are moving!
There are several different programs that run on the Math Square that will change throughout the day. You can read descriptions of each one in the More Math section.
Check back later for a new Math Square experience.
Voronoi Polygons on the Math Square
A Sokoban board on the Math Square
The Balloon Maze on the Math Square
The Ice Block Maze on the Math Square
The No Left Turn Maze on the Math Square
Robert Abbott designed the No Left Turn maze that is featured in Math Square.
All of the computer programs running the games under your feet on the Math Square owe their existence to Great Britain’s Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), who wrote one of the first computer programs in history: an algorithm to calculate Bernoulli numbers. She also worked with Charles Babbage on his proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.
Carolyn Yackel is a mathematical knitter and professor at Mercer University. Her research has helped advance mathematical fields related to Math Square.
