Schedule
2011 - 2012
The following schedule shows who will be leading the circle on a given day.
| Date | Leader | Topic | Handouts |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 14 | Tatiana Shubin | Cool problems from a Future Book | |
| September 21 | Josh Zucker | Counting I | Counting I |
| September 28 | Brian Conrey | Estimating Large Numbers | Est Large Numbers (pdf) |
| October 05 | Brian Conrey | Congurences | Congruences (pdf) |
| October 12 | Tom Davis | Iterated Functions | Iterated functions (pdf) |
| October 14 | BAMA at SCU: Steven Devlin | Networks, Models, and Mathematics: (Note: this meeting is on a Friday) | Talk Summary and directions |
| October 19 | Josh Zucker | Countng II | Counting II (pdf) |
| October 26 | Lucian Sega | Geometry | Geometry of medians (pdf) |
| November 02 | Dave Auckly | A Balloon Introduction to Graph Theory | Puppy walk / Eulerian Circuit (pdf), Ballon numbers (pdf), Ballon dogs (pdf), Deeper graph theory (pdf) |
| November 09 | BAMA at SJSU: Matthias Beck | How to change coins, M&M's, or chicken nuggets: The linear Diophantine problem of Frobenius | Summary of talk and directions |
| November 16 | Josh Zucker | Counting III | Counting III (pdf) |
| November 30 | Meets at Stanford: Persi Diaconis | Mathematics and Magic Tricks | Stanford math website |
| December 07 | Tatiana Shubin and guests | A Russian-Style Math Circle | Homework (do BEFORE meeting), Problems from the class |
| December 09 | BAMA at SCU: Jesus De Loera | Easy to State but Hard to Solve: My Favorite Problems in Polyhedral Geometry (Note: this meeting is on a Friday) | BAMA 3 Summary of talk and directions |
| December 14 | Josh Zucker | Counting IV | Counting IV (pdf) |
| January 04 | Dan Goldston | Sequences | Problems for this session were from www.fibonicci.com |
| January 11 | Josh Zucker | Counting V | Counting V (pdf) |
| January 18 | Paul Zeitz | Complex Numbers: Three for the Price of One | Complex numbers and Trig |
| January 20 | BAMA at SJSU: Kiran Kedlaya | Counting solutions of Polynomial Equations mod P (NOTE: meets on Friday) | BAMA 4 Summary of talk and directions |
| January 25 | Tom Freeman | Problem solving practice with teams | |
| February 01 | Nikhil Buduma | A Gentle Introduction to Invariants | Intro to Invariants |
| February 08 | Josh Zucker | Counting VI | Counting VI (pdf) |
| February 15 | BAMA at SCU: Tony DeRose | Math in the Movies | BAMA 5 summary of talk and directions |
| February 22 | Lucian Sega | BAMO Prep | |
| February 29 | Tom Davis | BAMO aftermath | |
| March 07 | Josh Zucker | Counting VII | Counting VII (pdf) |
| March 14 | BAMA at SCU: Frank Farris | Picturing Complex Numbers | Picturing Complex Numbers |
| March 21 | Tatiana Shubin and guests | A Russian-Style Math Circle | Homework (do BEFORE meeting), Solutions |
| March 28 | Steve Blasberg | AIME 2012 | |
| April 04 | Tatiana Shubin | Beans, Piles, and Other Games | Beans, Piles, and Other Games |
| April 11 | BAMA at SJSU: Peter Winkler | Mathematical Puzzles that Stretch Your Intuition | Talk Summary and directions |
| April 18 | Josh Zucker | Counting VIII | Counting VIII (pdf) |
| April 25 | Zvezdelina Stankova | Is Plane Geometry Plain? Are There Magical Rulers and Protractors? | Notes on magical rulers and protractors |
| May 02 | Josh Zucker | Counting IX | Counting IX (pdf) |
| May 09 | Stan Isaacs | Pizza and Puzzles |
Note:
- Some topics have not yet been decided, hence the "TBD" = "To Be Determined".
- The dark red dates are BAMA talks so there will be no SJMC meeting.
- For the Stanford meetings above, see this announcement.
- SJMC meetings take place regularly on Wednesdays, in MH-320 at SJSU, from 7:00PM to 9:00PM, see directions.
- If you'd like to see your name on this schedule page, as a leader of a circle session, contact us!
- Handouts of past meetings will be posted as we receive them. If you have past handouts that you don't see here, please let us know.
- Read more about Russian-style circles.