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 10 | Zvezdelina Stankova | Multiplicative Functions: Some Number Theory and Combinatorics | |
September 17 | Joshua Zucker | Symmetry | |
September 24 | Brian Conrey | Combinatorics | |
October 01 | Hidefumi Katsuura | Inequalities | |
October 07 | BAMA at SCU: Doris Schattschneider | Mathematical Problems Posed by Escher’s Tessellations | |
October 15 | Joshua Zucker | More Symmetry | |
October 22 | Brian Conrey | Number Theory | |
October 29 | Brian Conrey | Probability | |
November 05 | BAMA at SJSU: Tom Cover | Idiosyncrasies in Sports and Gambling | |
November 12 | Joshua Zucker | Polya Competition Problems | |
November 19 | Tatiana Shubin | Vectors | |
November 26 | Break | Thanksgiving Break | |
December 03 | BAMA at SCU: Frank Farris | The Edge of the Universe | |
December 10 | Tatiana Shubin | Geometry of Complex Numbers | |
December 17 | Break | Winter Break | |
January 07 | Brian Peterson | From Play to Conjecture to Theorem, a result suggested by play with Geometer’s Sketchpad | |
January 14 | BAMA at SJSU: Tom Banchoff | From Flatland to Hypergraphics: Interactive Geometry on the Internet | |
January 21 | Tom Davis | Cryptography and RSA | |
January 28 | Helen Moore | The Pigeonhole Principle | |
February 04 | Raghu Subramanian | Combinatorial Games | |
February 11 | David Hayes | Dicey Polynomials | |
February 18 | Paul Zeitz | BAMO Practice | |
February 24 | Contest | Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad | |
February 25 | Meets at SCU: Tatiana Shubin and/or Tom Davis | BAMO Aftermath | |
March 03 | BAMA at SCU: Ravi Vakil | The Mathematics of Doodling | |
March 10 | Tatiana Shubin | Groups | |
March 17 | BAMA at SJSU: Tom Davis | Rubik’s Cube | |
March 24 | Tom Davis | Pick’s Theorem | |
March 31 | Arkady Alt | Geometry! | |
April 07 | BAMA at SJSU: Jennifer Quinn | Proofs that Really Count: Exploring Patterns in Pascal’s Triangle | |
April 14 | Tom Rike | Euler | |
April 21 | David Hayes | TBD | |
April 28 | Everyone | Pizza Party and Awards! |