20 years Faculty of Science: The past, present and future of Mathematics

On a sunny day, the benches are dragged out of the loft of the study association and people spend the afternoon in the sun thinking about mathematical problems and, towards the end of the evening, having increasingly heated discussions with fellow students. Though it would be fun to have this conversation outside on one of those benches, that can't happen because of the tightened Coronavirus measures. Luckily, mathematician Guus Regts and Maths student Chinook Felix can paint a vivid picture. Text: Edda Heinsman. The meeting is being conducted over Skype and there are some online problems, so Guus Regts can be heard but not seen. He's sporting enough to tell us he's sitting in his bedroom. He normally works in the living room, but the cleaner's in there at the moment.