Mathematics of Soccer

  Title: Mathematics of Soccer  (with Alda Carvalho and Jorge Nuno Silva)

Target Audience: High school students (from 7th grade), all persons interested in the subject.

Duration: Between 30 and 45 minutes.

Development: In soccer, as in almost everything, mathematics appears. There are many soccer situations that can be understood with mathematics. Many professional players are excellentgeometers without realizing that; they just feel the geometry of the game!

In this conference, some mathematical situations are presented and famous examples from official games are shown. It is an excellent opportunity for students to find the application of theoremsthey have learned in their favorite game.

The situations are displayed dynamically with geogebra.

Contents:

1) Shot angles;

2) Goal line safes;

3) Free kicks - Magnus effect;

4) The ball;

5) Beware the rules!

6) After all, how was that not offside?!?

Reference: http://rmm.ludus-opuscula.org/Home/ArticleDetails/92

Places where the conference has already been given:

Agrupamento de Escolas de Santiago do Cacém, 2023.

Pint of Science Portugal, 2021.

Gathering for Gardner, Atlanta, EUA, 2012.

Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia, E. Sec. Ferreira Dias, 2013.

Recreational Mathematics Colloquium III, Universidade dos Açores, 2013.

Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia, E. Sec. Ferreira Dias, 2014.

Ciência na Escola Secundária José Saramago, 2014.

Grande Feira da Matemática, MUHNAC (Museu de Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa), 2014.

Ciência na Escola Secundária José Saramago, 2015.