Proving things in space is a challenge. These tasks come from famous problems in geometry. They have intrigued the great mathematicians of the past and can do the same for the young mathematicians of the future. Famous problems in geometry are famous for very good reasons – they are interesting, challenging and good fun.

Acrobatic Cans

Patterns in the Pie

Patterns in the Pie - Beware

Triangles Triangles

The Four Colour Map Problem

An Odd Thing About Vertices

Points, Lines and the Spaces Between

Derived Polygons

The Apollonius Problem

The Cantor Set


Bibliography: A list of the books which have served to inspire tasks within the EUMY Mathematics set.

Acknowledgements The author would like to acknowledge the invaluable assistance of her mathematical models who appear throughout these tasks:

Epsilon-pi and Smidgin Ubiquitous

We call them Epsi and Smidge!