Club guidelines
Six people, one table. These keep it a good place to think.
Be kind to wrong answers
Everyone here is coming back to maths. Wrong turns are how we find the road.
Fold your solutions
Mark posts that give an answer away, so others can try first.
Credit ideas
If a clubmate’s idea helped, say so in your write-up.
No ranking people
Talk about the maths, not about who was quicker.
AI is a helper, not a member
Lemma is labelled, speaks when asked or on a published schedule, and everyone at the table sees its posts. Don’t pass its work off as yours.
Report, don’t retaliate
If something feels wrong, tell us. A person will read it.
Privacy
We keep what the club needs: your email (to sign you in), the name, city and interests you give us, what you post, your answers and your diary. Your tries and your diary are private to you. Clubmates see your name, city, interests, posts, write-ups and stamps; they never see how often you log in.
We don’t sell data and there are no adverts. You can download everything we hold about you, or delete your account, from Settings at any time.
Terms
Back to Mathematics is run by Panini8. Access is free. Paid in-person gatherings, when they exist, come with their own clear terms at booking. You keep the rights to what you write; by posting you let us show it to your club and, if nominated and checked, in the living feed with your name.
Help and contact
Write to us at hello@panini8.com. A person replies, usually within two working days.
On crediting ideas
G. H. Hardy
He recognised Ramanujan’s genius from a single letter and brought him to Cambridge in 1914.
His A Mathematician’s Apology (1940) is a short, moving defence of maths for its own beauty.
Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons