Find your circle
Interested learners discover a nearby group without needing long or expensive travel.
A student-led pilot
Ideas grow
when we solve
together.
MathTree is building small, local mathematics circles where curious students meet, wrestle with beautiful problems, and learn from one another.
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One problem. Many approaches.
The premise
Talent is everywhere.
Opportunity is not.
In many rural communities, a student who loves mathematics may have no nearby peer group, olympiad club, or mentor. MathTree starts with something simpler: a welcoming place, a weekly problem, and people who genuinely want to think.
How a circle works
Close to home.
Open to ideas.
Each pilot circle is designed around a 1–2 km local area and meets once or twice a week at a suitable community venue.
Try the problem
Students arrive with attempts, questions, diagrams, proofs—and permission to be stuck.
Share approaches
The group compares ideas and learns why a method works, not merely what the answer is.
Help the next learner
Understanding deepens when students explain clearly and support peers with patience.
What makes MathTree different
A network powered by curiosity, not dependency.
Peer learning first
Discussion, reasoning, and multiple solutions matter more than lectures.
Mentors volunteer by choice
Mentors offer their interest and time; participation is never assumed or demanded.
Independent by design
The initiative can begin locally without depending on one institution or government programme.
Proof before scale
We will document a small pilot honestly, learn from evidence, and expand only what works.
A problem for the path
A chessboard has two opposite corner squares removed. Can the remaining board be tiled completely with dominoes, each covering two adjacent squares?
Reveal a first hint
Colour the board like a chessboard. What colours do the removed corners have?
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We value the question after the answer: “How else could we see it?”
Now taking root
Follow the first
MathTree pilot.
MathTree is at the design-and-pilot stage. The first goal is one responsibly run local circle, a strong set of problems, and an honest record of what students learn.
Pilot planning in progress
Interest forms will open only after adult safeguarding, venue approval, and data-handling arrangements are ready. We are not collecting student information on this launch site.
About the initiator
Shalom Keshet
MathTree is an initiative by Shalom Keshet, a secondary-school student interested in mathematics, physics, and computing.
View Shalom's GitHub