BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Can interesting mathematics problems be solved systematically? - P
 rof Tim Gowers FRS (DPMMS)
DTSTART:20150126T203000Z
DTEND:20150126T213000Z
UID:TALK57616@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:32680
DESCRIPTION:Solving a mathematics problem that is not a routine exercise c
 an often feel more like an art than a science. Different people attack pro
 blems in different ways\, and ideas can appear to spring into one's mind f
 rom nowhere. I shall argue that solving problems is a much more systematic
  process than it appears\, and shall also try to explain why\, if that is 
 the case\, it has the features that make us think that it isn't. For the b
 ulk of the talk\, I shall attempt\, with help from the audience\, to solve
  an Olympiad-style problem that I have not seen before\, and to do so syst
 ematically rather than by waiting for a clever idea to appear out of the b
 lue. The attempt is not guaranteed to succeed\, but I hope that it will be
  informative whether or not it does.
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre\, Trinity College
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR