| Date: | Speaker and Affiliation: | Topic: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|
September 16, 2009 |
Tom Davis | Rational Tangles | Notes on Rational Tangles |
| September 23, 2009 | Zvezdelina Stankova,
Mills College |
Introduction to Number Theory | Really hard Bulgarian Olympiad Problems
See Chapter 4 of the Berkeley Math Circle book |
| September 30, 2009 | Linda Green,
Mills College |
Euler Number | Euler Number Problems |
| October 7, 2009 | Paul Zeitz,
University of San Francisco |
Two is Better than Infinity
Part 1 |
Problems Involving 2’s, Even and Odds
Homework Problems #1,2,3,4,6,9 |
| October 14, 2009 | Paul Zeitz,
University of San Francisco |
Two is Better than Infinity
Part 2 |
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| October 21, 2009 | Matthias Beck,
San Francisco State University |
Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Messages | Modular Arithmetic Codes |
| October 28, 2009 | Tatiana Shubin,
San Jose State University |
Mathematical Games | Find the Winning Strategy |
| November 4, 2009 | Kristy Treewater
Danelle French |
Exploring Mathematics Using Cuisenaire Rods | |
| November 11, 2009 | No Math Circle | Veteran’s Day | |
| November 18, 2009 | Robin Cunningham, Dominican University of California |
Math Auction | Math Auction Problems |
| November 25, 2009 | No Math Circle | Thanksgiving | |
| December 2, 2009 | Linda Green,
Mills College |
Counting Past Infinity | Bijection Problems |
| December 9, 2009 | Matt Kahle,
Stanford University |
Polytopes, Dimensions 2 and 3 |
Polytope Problems |
| December 16, 2009 | Matt Kahle,
Stanford University |
Polytopes, Dimension 4 and Beyond |
Last meeting before winter break. |
| January 6, 2010 | Joshua Zucker | Coins in Twoland | Coins In Twoland Problems |
| January 13, 2010 | Chicha Lynch | Stellated Polyhedra | |
| January 20, 2010 | Dave Aukly,
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute |
Permutation Puzzles
STARTING THIS WEEK |
Permutation Puzzle Problems |
| January 27, 2010 | Paul Zeitz,
University of San Francisco |
Combinatorics
Part 1 |
Combinatorics Problems
Do as many of the “Not So Hard” ones as you can for next time. |
| February 3, 2010 | Paul Zeitz,
University of San Francisco |
Combinatorics
Part 2 |
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| February 10, 2010 | Paul Zeitz,
University of San Francisco |
Combinatorics
Part 3 |
Meeting in Guzman room 104 this week |
| February 17, 2010 | Linda Green and others | NO MATH CIRCLE THIS WEEK
It’s Ski Week! |
BAMO Practice Problems |
| Tuesday, February 23, 2010
3:00 pm – 7:00 pm |
Bay Area Math Olympiad (BAMO)
Math Contest will be offered in Guzman 302. |
Come for the whole time or drop in for an hour or two.
Pizza will be served at 5:30. |
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| February 24, 2010 | Maia Averett,
Mills College |
Knots | |
| March 3, 2010 | Linda Green,
Mills College |
BAMO Aftermath | |
| March 10, 2010 | Alon Amit | Probability Paradoxes | |
| March 17, 2010 | Gordana Matic
University of Georgia, visiting MSRI |
More on Knots | |
| March 24, 2010 | Tatiana Shubin,
San Jose State University |
Fractions and Circles | |
| March 31, 2010 | Ted Courant,
Bentley School |
Conic Sections and Kepler’s Laws,
Part 1 |
Conic Sections Problems |
| April 7, 2010 | Ted Courant,
Bentley School |
Conic Sections and Kepler’s Laws,
Part 2 |
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| April 14, 2010 | NO MATH CIRCLE | Spring Break | |
| April 21, 2010 | Vera Vertesi,
MSRI |
Mathematical Games | Guessing Games and Coin Games |
| April 28, 2010 | Alon Amit | Calculating by Cheating | |
| May 5, 2010 | Joshua Zucker | Counting and Symmetry | Counting and Symmetry |
| May 12, 2010 | Linda Green,
Mills College |
Math Auction | |
| May 19, 2010 | Linda Green,
Mills College |
Pizza and Watermelon | Last math circle for the year. Slicing Problems With Lines and Planes |
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