Question: What does one do at the Mathematics Village?
Answer: Any kind of mathematics and at any level. Let us give an example from the 2007 summer school. We woke up at 7. The classes were between 8-12 am and 4-8 pm. Not everybody attended all lectures, which is in fact impossible since sometimes parallel lectures are held, students chose the lectures according to their level and interest. Not only professional mathematicians, but also students lectured. Student lectures varried from one lecture of one hour to a series of say 10 lectures. By the evening the students studied alone or in groups. Wednesdays were our free day and most of the time we went to a wonderful seaside at the national forest of Kuşadası. We formed groups of three students to do works such as cleaning, cooking, washing, gardening, construction etc.
Researchers will have the right not to address to anybody during their stay.
Question: How can I benefit from the village?
Answer: In two different ways. 1) You may want to organize an activity, such as "math for 13-15 years old". If you a teacher in a high school or in a college, you may want to spend some time alone with your students. If you are a researcher, you may want to close yourself to the outside world by joining the village, alone, with family or/and with some of your collegues. You may organize small conferences or workshops for at most 30-40 people. Click for the organizer form. 2) You may want to participate in one of the activities of the village. Click the activities icon on your left.
Question: What does the village offer?
Answer: Three delicious meals a day. Bed. Housing. Place to study alone. Peace. Nature. A conference room and an amphitheater. Shades to work. Internet facility but bring your own laptop. Cellular phones do function. We try to do all that is in our means for you to concentrate on your work. There may be a swimming pool by next year if we get money. No TVs, radios, music emissions etc. We have rooms for 2 as well as larger dormitory kind of rooms for 8. Most houses are in stone and mud. The village of Sirince has more confortable possibilities for about 60 USD.
Question: What is the price?
Answer: According to our calculations the cost varries from 20 to 40 USD per person and per day. However, we will try to find supponsors to reduce this price to 10 USD for the students. All included. We especially like students who camp. It is free for researchers who do not have a grant from an institution (if we have space).
Question: What do you expect from the partcipants?
Answer: Not to disturb peace. Students should study mathematics and try to surmount their difficulties. Apart from this, we expect the students will allocate some of their time for the common life of the village, eg gardening, tree planting, cooking, cleaning, washing, construction etc. We take turns and we of course consider the capacity and the capability of each person.
Question: Is this part of a nonprofit organization?
Answer: The village belongs to the Nesin Foundation which takes care of the destitute children of Turkey since 1972. Any profit will go either back to mathematics or to the Nesin Foundation.
Question: Can one donate to the Mathematics Village?
Answer: Yes, you can donate to the Mathematics Village through the Nesin Foundation and with the specific orders that the donation will be used for the Village. Here is the specific account that the Nesin Foundation oppened for the Village:
Is Bankasi, Parmakkapi branch (1042), account number 0687054 (only TL)
Vakifbank, Catalca branch (237), account number 158007272068355 (only TL)
According to our estimations, we need 400.000 TL to finish the construction. For every donation of 1000 TL, we will engrave the name of the donator on a marble tablet situated at the entrance of the village. We will give the name of the donator to a stone house for a donation of 50.000 YTL.
