Please note that years older than 2007-2008 have no handouts yet.
The following schedule shows who will be leading the circle on a given day.
Date | Leader | Topic | Handouts |
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September 11 | Zvezdelina Stankova | Inversion in the Plane | |
September 19 | David Hayes | An Introduction to Induction – a way to “prove it’s true.” | |
September 26 | David Hayes | More Induction and an Introduction to the Pigeonhole Principle | |
October 03 | Michael Rubinstein | Partitions | |
October 05 | BAMA at SCU: Art Benjamin | Proofs that really count | |
October 10 | Joshua Zucker | Symmetry | |
October 17 | Tom Davis | Combinatorics: Counting Things | |
October 24 | Tom Davis | Pólya’s Theory of Counting | |
October 31 | Tatiana Shubin | Finite Geometries | |
November 07 | BAMA at SJSU: Abigail Thompson | Some Knotty Problems | |
November 14 | Tom Davis | Four Points on a Circle (notes) | |
November 21 | Break | Thanksgiving Break | |
November 28 | Byron Walden | Checker Jumping and the Golden Mean | |
December 05 | Michael Rubinstein | Mathematics and Tunings | |
December 12 | BAMA at SCU: Edward Schaefer | When Is an Integer the Product of Two and of Three Consecutive Integers? | |
December 19 | Break | Winter Break | |
January 09 | Tom Davis | Projective Geometry | |
January 16 | Brian Conrey | Number Theory | |
January 23 | Brian Conrey | Diophantine Equations | |
January 30 | Matt Cushman | Topology | |
February 06 | BAMA at SJSU: Jean Pedersen | Platonic Divisions of Space | |
February 13 | Joshua Zucker | Mathematical Games | |
February 20 | Paul Zeitz | BAMO Practice | |
February 26 | Contest | Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad | |
February 27 | Tatiana Shubin and/or Tom Davis | BAMO Aftermath | |
March 01 | BAMA at SCU: Frank Morgan | The Soap Bubble Geometry Contest | |
March 06 | Tatiana Shubin | Ring Theory | |
March 13 | Tatiana Shubin | Group Theory | |
March 20 | Brian Conrey | Irrational Numbers | |
March 27 | BAMA at SJSU: Tim Nguyen | More on Topology | |
April 03 | Tom Davis | The Mathematics of Computer Graphics | |
April 10 | Brian Peterson | Mathematics of Bluffing | |
April 17 | Brian Conrey | Probability | |
April 24 | Everyone | Pizza Party and Awards! |