The students are in the middle of an eventful week: In addition to the four major math projects, which have to be worked on in groups, there is also a whole range of leisure activities. The participants also get to know the University Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) and the city center of Kaiserslautern.
In the course of the week, we interview the students about their experiences and impressions of the Math Talent School 2023.
Benedikt Graeve is 18 years old and goes to the Burggymnasium in Kaiserslautern. Eva Fröhlich interviewed him at the beginning of the Talent School. He is working in the team with the topic »How valuable is my house?«
It was my girlfriend, she heard about it through the school and made me aware of it. But I also heard about it during the modeling week of the Felix Klein Center for Mathematics last year and I am very happy to be part of it.
I think business mathematics, statistics and optimization are cool. I have to say, though, I'm not that deep into it yet, what all there actually is. But I'm gaining more and more impressions this week.
Math at school is very different, we only ever calculate tasks. However, calculating is not mathematics, and that became clear to me for the first time during the modeling days at school. I had some very dedicated teachers who made it possible for us to learn more. But the curriculum doesn't allow much.
Absolutely. Studying math is the plan. I could also imagine starting in Kaiserslautern, but I definitely want to go to a bigger city.
I wanted to work on a larger project and have computer science involved – that has already been pretty fulfilled. We're also a really good group where everyone is engaged, talks to each other and is really motivated. That's a great experience.
I play field hockey and am also a youth coach. I also dance, like to go to concerts and play the guitar.
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