Task 1 -- Goal

The aim of the session is to create a fake Instagram page, as if you were a famous mathematician. The page must contain

• a short biography, in the Instagram style (around 4 lines)
• 3 or 4 relevant hashtags
• a profile picture
• a username
• 6 posts, each with
  • an illustration or photo
  • some text
  • hashtags

Some mathematicians that you may choose:

• Charles Babbage
• Émilie du Châtelet
• Leonhard Euler
• Carl Friedrich Gauss
• Sophie Germain
• Katherine Johnson
• Ada Lovelace
• Maryam Mirzakhani
• John Napier
• Isaac Newton
• Emmy Noether
• James Stirling
• Alan Turing
• Karen Uhlenbeck
• Maryna Viazovska
• John Wallis
• Andrew Wiles

An example

Here is an example with the mathematician Gauss.

Task 2: interview

After you are done with the Instagram pages, you will have to present your work to your classmates. The presentation will take the form of an interview.

More instructions:

• the interview must last (at least) 3 minutes ;
• you must display the instagram profile of the mathematician you chose ;
• one of you should impersonate the mathematician and the other comment on his/her life and Instagram profile, as his/her friend/relative/fan/etc.