In 2019, resolution from the UNESCO proclaimed March 14th of each year as International Mathematics Day. In many countries, March 14th has already been celebrated as Pi Day, so the UNESCO resolution consolidates the current recognition of mathematics for its important role in facing the challenges of our time in differents areas such as artificial intelligence, health, climate change, energy and sustainable development and improving the quality of life of society in general.
Within the framework of this celebration, each year a new theme is proposed to encourage participation, spark creativity and shed light on the connections between mathematics and all kinds of fields, concepts and ideas. For this year 2022 it has been decided that the theme will be Mathematics Unites. Yulija Nesterova student from Canada and proponent of the theme, pointed out “Mathematics unites”, to point out that it is a common language that we all have and a theme with which to meet”. We also highlight what the Portuguese Carlos Simoes said on the subject “Mathematics unites us as social creatures (mathematics, as a tool of both technology and education, helps us to create links between us, regardless of geography, wealth, gender, religion, ethnicity, etc.)”.
Mathematics Unites
In the year 2022 we begin to see with some optimism the situation derived from COVID 19 thanks to the efforts of science and health professionals. This scientific collaboration, which has been interdisciplinary and international, has always had in mind a universal language, which is that of mathematics. Mathematics is the universal language that unites science with the data of reality, with the evidence and that for thousands of years has been spreading as the language of science.
That common language is a framework through which humanity can collaborate in the advancement of knowledge that allows us to overcome the various challenges we face, as is happening with the pandemic.
The Spanish Mathematics Committee (CEMat) is the promoter of the celebrations of this Day in Spain, with the support of the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society (RSME), Spanish Federation of Societies of Teachers of Mathematics (FESPM), among others entities.
