programme for age 13 - 18
go solve!
in 2026
Workshop 1
26 - 31 May, 2026
Tiling Aztec Diamonds | Advanced Trigonometry, Precalculus, and Calculus | Topology and Euler Characteristic | Competition math
Location: HP Gaming Garage, DTEC, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, UAE
Time: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Age: 13 - 18 years
This is a crucially important workshop covering the fundamental mathematical topics of trigonometry, precalculus, calculus, connecting them to physics! Students will explore the latest theorems about the tiling of the Aztec diamond and find connections with that to physics. Students will then learn calculus to be able to solve hands-on problems. By doing so they will uncover a property about how light and sound reflect off objects, and where they might appear in everyday life. This type of connection between geometry and algebraic equations is a glimpse of the area called algebraic geometry, which students will then investigate. Students will then dive into the fascinating world of topology, describing and visualizing toruses, Klein bottles, and mobius strips. They will investigate why a topologist could tell these shapes apart using a number called the Euler Characteristic. They will then solve numerical questions about surfaces using the Euler Characteristic. This workshop will end with a presentation and display of the models of topological surfaces that students during the course of the workshop would have created!
Workshop fee: AED 2,500 + taxes
Workshop 2
6 - 11 July, 2026
Sentential Logic | Set Theory | Relations | Cardinality | Competition math
Location: HP Gaming Garage, DTEC, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, UAE
Time: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Age: 13 - 18 years
In this exciting and rigorous workshop, students will learn about one of the most essential topics of mathematics. They will learn about sentential logic, recognizing and proving tautological statements, involving truth tables and working from axioms. As an application of sentential logic, students will dive into set theory. Students will encounter logical challenges such as the Russel’s paradox and learn how to do operations on sets, including across infinite families of sets. They will learn about different relations on sets, such as equivalence relations, partial orderings, or total orderings. They will be tasked with recognizing these relations in the real world, and challenged to redefine their preconceived notions of equality and order. They will learn and talk about the controversial axiom of choice and Zorn’s lemma. Students will learn about cardinality, with numerous exercises about the strange behavior of infinite sets, along with proving (both alone and as a class) some powerful results like Cantor’s Theorem. This exciting workshop will wrap with students presenting their findings on stage!
Workshop fee: AED 2,500 + taxes
Workshop 3
13 - 18 July, 2026
Graph Theory | Markov Chains | Planar Graphs | Ramsey’s Theorem | Competition math
Location: HP Gaming Garage, DTEC, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, UAE
Time: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Age: 13 - 18 years
The workshop will start with a deep exciting dive into one of the most fascinating topics in mathematics - graph theory! They will discuss about different important notions on graphs, like colorings or eulerian cycles. As an example of the utility of graph theory, they will learn about Markov Chains and about some of the unintuitive properties of infinite probability spaces. Students will work on planar graphs, define the Euler characteristic of a graph, and stating Kuratowski’s theorem. They will also learn about Ramsey theory, which is the study of finding structures that must exist within larger structures. Students will then work on a collection of ‘investigation problems’ that they will answer! Students will then prepare talks and presentations of their mathematical findings, and speak about it confidently on stage to an audience!
Workshop fee: AED 2,500 + taxes
Workshop 4
24 - 29 August, 2026
Euclidean algorithm | Euler's totient function | Cryptography | Number Theory in RSA | Probability | First Step Analysis | Markov chains | Competition math
Location: HP Gaming Garage, DTEC, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, UAE
Time: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Age: 13 - 18 years
Modern cryptography is built on the surprising depth of number theory. In this workshop, students will first explore the structure of integers, including divisibility, modular arithmetic, and multiplicative inverses. They will then apply these ideas to understand the mathematics behind RSA encryption. By the end of the workshop, students will see how simple numerical patterns create one of the most important security systems used today. Students will then use their new skills to understand RSA encryption, a cornerstone of modern secure communication. They will construct the RSA algorithm step by step and see how number theory ensures both correctness and security. They will gain insight into how number theory protects information in the digital world and how algebra enables secure communication. Students will then dive into probability through the lens of competition mathematics, where precise reasoning and structured problem solving are essential. Students will learn how to compute the probability of events, analyze multi-step processes, and develop strategies for approaching complex problems by breaking them into simpler conditional pieces. The workshop culminates in an introduction to first step analysis, a powerful method used in contest problems, random processes, and expected value computations. They will expand the ideas of first step analysis into the formal language of Markov chains. By the end, they will have a solid understanding of how Markov chains formalize repeated random behavior and extend first step analysis into a broader and more powerful probabilistic toolkit. Students will then present their mathematical journey through presentations and talks, honing their confidence and public speaking skills!
Workshop fee: AED 2,500 + taxes
Workshop 5
12 - 17 October, 2026
Hamiltonian circuits and Eulerian circuits | Taxicab geometry | Pick’s Theorem | Voronoi diagrams | Competition math
Location: HP Gaming Garage, DTEC, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, UAE
Time: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Age: 13 - 18 years
Students will thrive in this exciting winter week learning through games about Hamiltonian circuits and Eulerian circuits. They will not only deduce necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of these circuits, but prove their conjectures. Students will then explore the notion of Euclidean distance, defining metric spaces which generalize the notion of distance, and look at a whole slew of examples. They will also rigorously define convergence, figuring out what convergence looks like in their metric spaces and look at some counterexamples. They will learn about Pick’s Theorem and enjoy a hands-on exploration of the relationship between area, perimeter, number of boundary pegs, and number of interior pegs, make conjectures, and prove them. They will then learn about the Voronoi diagram. Applied in linguistics, hydrology, astrophysics, epidemiology, and machine learning, to name a few, Voronoi diagrams are an essential aspect of combinatorial geometry. Students will develop two algorithms for constructing Voronoi diagrams, compare the strengths and weaknesses of each algorithm, and apply those algorithms to real data sets and applications. Students will then present their learnings on stage!
Workshop fee: AED 2,500 + taxes
Workshop 6
14 - 19 December, 2026
Modular arithmetic, Euler’s phi function, and primitive roots | Stars and cyclic groups | Lagrange’s Theorem | Permutation | Competition math
Location: HP Gaming Garage, DTEC, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, UAE
Time: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Age: 13 - 18 years
Go Solvers will close the year with a thrilling week of modular arithmetic, Euler’s phi function, and primitive roots. A fundamental concept in abstract mathematics, groups provide a rich opening for exploration. After formally defining groups, students will look at some groups they have likely seen before but never realized and some rather unusual groups. Students will learn about Lagrange’s Theorem. Given a set, one can take some of the elements and get a subset. Similarly, given a group, one can take some of the elements … but they’ll only sometimes form a subgroup. Students will define subgroups, figure out a criteria for when subsets of elements form subgroups, and look at an interesting relationship between the size of a group and the size of its subgroups. A fundamental result in group theory is that every finite group is a subgroup of a permutation group. Students will both make sense of this result and use it as motivation for studying permutation groups. Starting with permutations on 3 elements, they will work their way up to describing groups on permutations of ‘n’ elements. Students will end their year with a powerful presentation of their discoveries!
Workshop fee: AED 2,500 + taxes
Workshop 7
5 - 10 April, 2027
Recursion | Catalan numbers | Bijections | Tree traversals | Competition math
Location: HP Gaming Garage, DTEC, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, UAE
Time: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Age: 13 - 18 years
The Go Solve! Programme 2026 starts with an intriguing and exciting challenge for which students will learn to find a winning strategy using advanced mathematics! Students will then learn about Catalan numbers, arguably the most important numbers in algebraic combinatorics. In fact, Richard Stanley, acclaimed algebraic combinatorialist and emeritus professor at MIT, has published a book dedicated to Catalan numbers. In it, he describes 214 different combinatorial objects counted by the Catalan numbers. Students will use their study of Catalan numbers as a starting point for discussing some recent results in algebraic combinatorics and the current state of this fascinating mathematical field. Students will then learn about trees, a fundamental data structure in computer science. They will examine different algorithms for traversing trees and compare their runtimes and worst case scenarios. On the last day, students will present their breakthrough findings!
Workshop fee: AED 2,500 + taxes