The Maths Group aims to accommodate members with a wide range of mathematical experience and confidence, and thus welcomes everyone with a general interest in mathematics.

We meet at 10:30 on 3rd Monday of each month, currently in the Jack Pugh meeting room at Bath Scouts HQ, 7 Grove Street, Bath BA2 6PJ

Our meetings begin by tackling mathematical problems and puzzles together. We try to find problems that are both thought-provoking and offer scope for generalisation, without needing too much specific mathematical knowledge.

Then a member of the group will introduce a topic that we will explore together.

Sometimes we may have a more formal presentation given by a group member or a guest speaker, or we may play a video or audio recording.

Programme for 2026

Date	Topic	Introduced by
19th Jan	Tower of Hanoi	Nick P
16th Feb	Finite Element Methods	Telis V and Martin R
16th Mar	Fractions	Duncan B
20th Apr	Bayes Theorem	Roger L
18th May	Fourier Transforms	Isabel W
15th Jun	Mathematics and Art	Olive W
20th Jul	A deeper look at topics raised by Olive's talk	Roger L
17th Aug	Possible group outing
21st Sep	Unit fractions and Farey sequences	Andy P
19th Oct	Introduction to Graph Theory	Nick P
16th Nov	Formal languages	Duncan B
21st Dec	New mathematical developments in 2026	Various

If you would like more information, Bath u3a members and non-members can contact us via the Enquiry link at the top of this page.