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Date:
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Intermediate Group
Speaker, Affiliation, Topic
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Advanced Group
Speaker, Affiliation, Topic
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Notes
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September 21, 2011
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Alon Amit
Facebook
The Wonders of the Prouhet-Thue-Morse Sequence
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Paul Zeitz
University of San Francisco
What, How, and Why
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September 28, 2011
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Dave Auckly
MSRI
A Balloon Introduction to Graph Theory
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Paul Zeitz
University of San Francisco
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October 5, 2011
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Joshua Zucker
Pythagorean Points, Part 1
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Zvezdelina Stankova
Mills College
Inversion in the Plane, Part 1
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October 12, 2011
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Joshua Zucker
Pythagorean Points, Part 2
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Zvezdelina Stankova
Mills College
Inversion in the Plane, Part 2
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October 19, 2011
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Linda Green
Dominican University
Math Auction
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Stanislav Dubrovskiy
MSRI, Northeastern University
Einstein's thought experiments,
Lorentz' contraction, and why
you shouldn't let your twin on a space trip
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October 26, 2011
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Maia Averett
Mills College
Knots
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Linda Green
Dominican University
Math Wrangle
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November 2, 2011
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Emily McCullough
Mission High School
The Handshake Problem
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Aaron Abrams
MSRI / Emory University
Finite and Infinite Geometric Series, and More
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November 9, 2011
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AMC-8 Preparation
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Tom Davis
Iterated Functions
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I encourage students in the Intermediate Group
to work this practice AMC-8 contest --
first, try it under timed conditions of 40 minutes,
and then, go back and take the time you need to work the problems you couldn't finish.
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November 16, 2011
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AMC-8 Contest (Intermediate)
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Alexander Volberg
MSRI, Michigan State University
Elementary Geometric Problems at the Forefront of Mathematics
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For this week only, the Advanced Group will meet in Guzman 302.
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November 23, 2011
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NO MATH CIRCLE
Thanksgiving
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November 30, 2011
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Linda Green
Dominican University
Combinatorics - 1
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Joshua Zucker
Pythagorean Points
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December 7, 2011
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Linda Green
Dominican University
Combinatorics - 2
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Alon Amit
Facebook
Counting to more than infinity
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December 14, 2011
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Linda Green
Dominican University
Combinatorics Dash
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December 21, 2011
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NO MATH CIRCLE
Winter Break
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December 28, 2011
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NO MATH CIRCLE
Winter Break
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January 4, 2012
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NO MATH CIRCLE
Winter Break
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January 11, 2012
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Nancy Blachman
Nueva Math Circle
Mathemagics
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Ernesto Diaz
Dominican University
Redwood High School
Mathematics of Voting and Apportionment
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Math Wrangle practice session 1
will be on Sunday, Jan 15th
from 2:00 - 5:00 pm in Guzman 301.
All welcome.
Here are the rules
and here are the problems,
which you should work in advance this time.
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January 18, 2012
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Brandy Wiegers
San Francisco State University
Slide Rules Rule! (Part 1)
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Linda Green
Dominican University
Tiling and Induction
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January 25, 2012
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Brandy Wiegers
San Francisco State University
Slide Rules Rule! (Part 2)
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Sevak Mkrtchyan
MSRI / Rice University
Invariants
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Julia Robinson Math Festival will be on Jan 29th from 9:00 am - 12:00 noon at UC Berkeley.
Math Wrangle practice session 2
will be on Sunday, Jan 29th
from 2:00 - 5:00 pm in Guzman 301.
All welcome. Here are the problems,
which you should work in advance.
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February 1, 2012
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Linda Green
Dominican University
Exploding Dots and Alien Arithmetic (Part 1)
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Joshua Zucker
Counting and Symmetry
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February 8, 2012
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Linda Green
Dominican University
Exploding Dots and Alien Arithmetic (Part 2)
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Ted Alper
EPGY / Stanford Math Circle
Putting things in order
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February 15, 2012
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Sheila Fischer
Artist
Dynamic Symmetry and Art
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AMC-10 practice session
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February 22, 2012
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NO MATH CIRCLE
Ski Week
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AMC-10/12 Contests
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Use this form to register
to take the AMC-10 or the AMC-12
at the Marin Math Circle.
Please arrive promptly at 6:30 to fill out forms.
The 75 minute test will conclude at 8:00.
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Tuesday
February 28, 2012
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BAMO Contests
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Use this form to register
for the BAMO 8 or BAMO 12 contest,
which will be held from 4:00 - 8:00 pm
on Dominican campus. Room TBD.
Free pizza for all. |
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February 29, 2012
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NO MATH CIRCLE
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March 7, 2012
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Paul Zeitz
University of San Francisco
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Adrien Kassel
MSRI
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March 14, 2012
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Paul Zeitz
University of San Francisco
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TBD (Advanced)
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Advanced Group meets in Guzman 110 tonight only
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March 21, 2012
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Joshua Zucker
Trapezoidal and Other Shapely Numbers, Part 1
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Paul Zeitz
University of San Francisco
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March 28, 2012
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Joshua Zucker
Trapezoidal and Other Shapely Numbers, Part 2
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TBD (Advanced)
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April 4, 2012
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Linda Green (tentative)
Dominican University
Math Auction
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Sanjay Ramassamy
MSRI
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April 11, 2012
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NO MATH CIRCLE
Spring Break
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April 18, 2012
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TBD (Intermediate)
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TBD (Advanced)
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April 25, 2012
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TBD (Intermediate)
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TBD (Advanced)
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May 2, 2012
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TBD (Intermediate)
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TBD (Advanced)
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May 9, 2012
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Elena Fuchs
UC Berkeley
Modular Arithmetic (Part 1)
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TBD (Advanced)
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May 16, 2012
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Elena Fuchs
UC Berkeley
Modular Arithmetic (Part 2)
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TBD (Advanced)
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May 23, 2012
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TBD (Intermediate)
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TBD (Advanced)
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