Who Wants to Be a Mathematician

10 New Things I've Learned About Mathematics
         1) Pythagorus probably didn't write the Pythagorean Therom.
         2) The Pythagorean Therom is only true on a flat plain.
         3) Theroms in mathematics will always remain true.
         4) There are an infinite number of Pythagorean Triplets.
         5) y^2 = x^3 + ax + b is a million dollar question...literally.
         6) Mathematicians are explorers and discoverers.
         7) If you add a lot of variables into your equation it gets too confusing to solve.
         8) Carl Gauss discovered all of the integers from 1-100.
         9) x^3 + y^3 =1 There are no fractions that fit into this equation.
        10) Math is hard!

What have you learned from the talk?         ...and a Millionaire too...
         During the talk I learned that math is really hard! I also learned that math is all about proving answers and formulas. The man showed us many different equations and formulas that proved that they were correct. I found out that there are seven equations that 1 million dollars (US) will be given to the person who can figure out the solution. There are mathematicians that are working on these problems everyday! Near the end of his talk he told us that when you are a millionaire you just have lots of money, but when you are a mathematician you are a discoverer and an explorer. He said that he would definitly choose a mathematician over a millionaire.

How does the workshop help you in future math learning?
         During the workshop I learned that sometimes it takes a long time to figure out math problems. You need to be patient and not give up. While doing the math problems I realized that sometimes you just need to use guess and check so that you can figure out the answer. Math is all about expressing mathematic ideas. Math is not always about finding answers, but about learning how the process of getting to the solution works.