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Federal University of Goiás holds first Goiás Mathematics Festival, gathering 18 public schools

The Institute of Mathematics and Statistics at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) in Brazil ran the first edition of a two-day mathematics festival that brought together 18 public schools.

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Why it matters: UFG's Institute of Mathematics and Statistics has now run a first edition of the festival, which brought together 18 public schools over two days.

According to Andifes, Brazil's association of federal university rectors, the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics (IME) at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) opened the first Festival Goiano de Matemática (Goiás Mathematics Festival) on Monday 26 October.

The event ran over two days of programming, Andifes reported.

The festival brought together 18 public schools, according to the report.

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Richard Davies, Policy and Finance Editor

UFG's Institute of Mathematics and Statistics has held the first edition of the Goiás Mathematics Festival, a two-day event that brought together 18 public schools.

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